cprd {doseminer}

Sample electronic prescribing dataset

Description

A dataset containing product codes, patient identifiers, quantities, dates and free-text dose instructions, similar to data provided by the Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD).

Usage

cprd

Format

An object of class data.frame with 714 rows and 6 columns.

Details

Variables in the data include

id

record identifier

patid

patient identifier

date

date of start of prescription

prodcode

product code; identifier for the prescribed medication

qty

total quantity of medication prescribed

text

free text prescribing instructions