bene_info: Patient demographics

In UMCSTaR/medicareR: Standardize Medicare Data and Create Analytic File

Patient demographics

Description

Add patient demographics to the analytic file

Usage

bene_info(
  original_data,
  std_data_root = wd$std_data_root,
  filter_only_pt_65 = TRUE,
  year
)

Arguments

original_data	data name for the data you want to add the patient info on
std_data_root	data path to the membership info folder
filter_only_pt_65	TRUE: only keep patients ≥65 and ≤99; FLASE: no age limitation
year	select one year to process, e.g. 2007

Details

1. Add dob, dod, gender and race

2. Limit the patient population to age 65-99

UMCSTaR/medicareR documentation built on May 11, 2022, 7:31 p.m.