create_txVis: Create a txvis object from raw data.

Description Usage Arguments Value Author(s) References Examples

Description

The txvis object contains encoding for patient, treatment and dates, and can have encoding for additional discrete events. The class is used throughout the package.

Usage

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create_txvis(patient, treatment, start, end, date_format, ev_patient = NULL,
  events = NULL, event_date = NULL, event_end_date = NULL,
  ev_date_format = date_format)

Arguments

patient

Patient encoding for treatments.

treatment

Treatment encoding.

start

Start date for treatment in a format defined using date_format.

end

End date for treatment in a format defined using date_format.

date_format

Date format, as a character string. See as.Date.

ev_patient

A patient encoding for each individual event.

events

Any point event in the treatment of each individual.

event_date

The date of event, formatted as date_format.

event_end_date

The date that event finished, formatted as date_format.

ev_date_format

Date format for event dates, as a character string. See as.Date.

Value

This command returns an object of class txvis.

Author(s)

Ellen Korol ellen.korol@iconplc.com

References

txvis Package: https://github.com/johnwilsonICON/txvis

Examples

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 # `treat` is bundled with the package.
 
 hlth_data <- create_txvis(patient        = treat$pat_id, 
                           treatment      = treat$treatment,
                           start          = treat$start,
                           end            = treat$end,
                           date_format    = "%d%B%Y",
                           ev_patient     = events$pat_id,
                           events         = events$event,
                           event_date     = events$start,
                           event_end_date = events$end)
                           
 hlth_data

johnwilsonICON/TxVis documentation built on May 19, 2019, 5:18 p.m.