DrugUtilisation (version 1.0.2)

summariseProportionOfPatientsCovered: Summarise proportion Of patients covered

Description

Gives the proportion of patients still in observation who are in the cohort on any given day following their first cohort entry. This is known as the “proportion of patients covered” (PPC) method for assessing treatment persistence.

Usage

summariseProportionOfPatientsCovered(
  cohort,
  cohortId = NULL,
  strata = list(),
  followUpDays = NULL
)

Value

A summarised result

Arguments

cohort

A cohort_table object.

cohortId

A cohort definition id to restrict by. If NULL, all cohorts will be included.

strata

A list of variables to stratify results. These variables must have been added as additional columns in the cohort table.

followUpDays

Number of days to follow up individuals for. If NULL the maximum amount of days from an individuals first cohort start date to their last cohort end date will be used

Examples

# \donttest{
library(DrugUtilisation)

cdm <- mockDrugUtilisation(numberIndividuals = 100)

result <- cdm$cohort1 |>
  summariseProportionOfPatientsCovered(followUpDays = 365)

tidy(result)
# }