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Note that desired implementation might differ over time and by country.

Usage

rxriskv

Format

Data frames with 46 rows and 6 variables:

group

medical condition

pratt

ATC codes from table 1 in Pratt et al. 2018 (ignoring PBS item codes and extra conditions).

garland

Modified version by Anne Garland to resemble medical use in Sweden 2016 (Unpublished).

caughey

From appendix 1 in Caughey et al. 2010

pratt

Mortality weights from table 1 in Pratt et al. 2018

sum_all

Unweighted count of all conditions.

References

Caughey GE, Roughead EE, Vitry AI, McDermott RA, Shakib S, Gilbert AL. Comorbidity in the elderly with diabetes: Identification of areas of potential treatment conflicts. Diabetes Res Clin Pract 2010;87:385–93.

Pratt NL, Kerr M, Barratt JD, Kemp-Casey A, Kalisch Ellett LM, Ramsay E, et al. The validity of the Rx-Risk Comorbidity Index using medicines mapped to the Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical (ATC) Classification System. BMJ Open 2018;8.

See also

Other default classcodes: ae, charlson, cps, elixhauser, hip_ae_hailer