Arthritis Research UK Centre for Epidemiology (University of Manchester)
Published July 17, 2018 | Version v2.0.0
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DrugPrep (STATA) : An algorithm to transform raw CPRD prescriptions data into formatted analysis-ready drug exposure data.

Creators

  • 1. Arthritis Research UK Centre for Epidemiology, Centre for Musculoskeletal Research, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK

Contributors

  • 1. NIHR Manchester Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Centre, Central Manchester University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK
  • 2. Arthritis Research UK Centre for Epidemiology, Centre for Musculoskeletal Research, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK

Description

DrugPrep is an algorithm for transforming raw medications data into formatted, analysis-ready drug exposure data.  The current version of DrugPrep archived here has been developed for use with Clinical Practice Research datalink (CPRD) and is implemented in STATA.

Notes

Funding: Supported by the Arthritis Research UK Centre for Epidemiology (grant 20380) Contributions: Mark Lunt (design & implemention of code), Stephen Pye (design & implementation of code) Mohammad Movahedi (design and implementation of code), Ruth Costello (bug fixes), Rebecca Joseph (data curation), Kamilla Kopec-Harding (data curation), William G Dixon (principal investigator/conceptualisation/funding)

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