Drug Sig

options(rmarkdown.html_vignette.check_title = FALSE)
knitr::opts_chunk$set(
  warning = FALSE,
  message = FALSE,
  collapse = TRUE,
  comment = "#>"
)

Run the Sig checks

library(DrugExposureDiagnostics)
cdm <- mockDrugExposure()
result <- executeChecks(
  cdm = cdm,
  checks = "sig"
)

Sig

This shows the sig(netur) of the drug records summarised on ingredient level. The signetur of a prescription contains the information of when, how often, and how much of a drug a patient shall use.

DT::datatable(result$drugSig,
  rownames = FALSE
)

| Column | Description | :------------- | :------------- | ingredient_concept_id | Concept ID of ingredient. | ingredient | Name of drug ingredient. | sig | The signetur of a prescription. The sig is usually only available for prescription and often contains free text or only semi-standardised information. |
n_records | Number of records for ingredient concept. If n_records is the same as n_sample this means that there are more records but the number was cut at the pre-specified sample number for efficiency reasons. | n_sample | The pre-specified maximum sample. If n_records is smaller than the sample it means that sampling was ignored because the total number of records was already too small. | n_person | Number of individuals. | result_obscured | TRUE if count has been suppressed due to being below the minimum cell count, otherwise FALSE. |

Sig by concept

This shows the sig(netur) on the drug concept level. The signetur of a prescription contains the information of when, how often, and how much of a drug a patient shall use. The tables are identical to the overall just including two more columns at the beginning. \

| Column | Description | :------------- | :------------- | drug_concept_id | ID of the drug concept. | drug | Name of the drug concept. |

DT::datatable(result$drugSigByConcept, rownames = FALSE)


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DrugExposureDiagnostics documentation built on Sept. 16, 2025, 9:11 a.m.