add_recent_test: Determine Whether Individuals Have Another Test Within 'days'

In jesse-smith/covidcrf: Parse Case Report Data for SCHD COVID Response

Description

add_recent_test() adds a column indicating whether a person (identified using first name, last name, and date of birth) has previously tested positive within days of the given test date. The resulting recent_test column is:

• TRUE if any previous tests are found

• FALSE if no previous tests are found with complete data

• NA if no previous tests are found with incomplete test date data

Usage

add_recent_test(crf = add_in_nbs(), nbs = load_positive(), days = 90L)

Arguments

crf	Case Report Form data, usually output from add_in_nbs()
nbs	Positive NBS data from load_positive()
days	Range of days for matching test dates

Value

The input crf data with a logical column recent_test added

jesse-smith/covidcrf documentation built on March 28, 2021, 10:45 p.m.