CohortConstructor (version 0.5.0)

intersectCohorts: Generate a combination cohort set between the intersection of different cohorts.

Description

intersectCohorts() combines different cohort entries, with those records that overlap combined and kept. Cohort entries are when an individual was in both of the cohorts.

Usage

intersectCohorts(
  cohort,
  cohortId = NULL,
  gap = 0,
  returnNonOverlappingCohorts = FALSE,
  keepOriginalCohorts = FALSE,
  name = tableName(cohort),
  .softValidation = FALSE
)

Value

A cohort table.

Arguments

cohort

A cohort table in a cdm reference.

cohortId

Vector identifying which cohorts to include (cohort_definition_id or cohort_name). Cohorts not included will be removed from the cohort set.

gap

Number of days between two subsequent cohort entries to be merged in a single cohort record.

returnNonOverlappingCohorts

Whether the generated cohorts are mutually exclusive or not.

keepOriginalCohorts

If TRUE the original cohorts will be return together with the new ones. If FALSE only the new cohort will be returned.

name

Name of the new cohort table created in the cdm object.

.softValidation

Whether to perform a soft validation of consistency. If set to FALSE four additional checks will be performed: 1) a check that cohort end date is not before cohort start date, 2) a check that there are no missing values in required columns, 3) a check that cohort duration is all within observation period, and 4) that there are no overlapping cohort entries

Examples

# \donttest{
library(CohortConstructor)

cdm <- mockCohortConstructor(nPerson = 100)

cdm$cohort3 <- intersectCohorts(
  cohort = cdm$cohort2,
  name = "cohort3",
)

settings(cdm$cohort3)

# }