Code4SA / medicine-price-registry

An API on the South African Single Exit Price mechanism for medicines
http://mpr.code4sa.org
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Dosage forms are too inconsistent #12

Closed ndorfin closed 10 years ago

ndorfin commented 11 years ago

The dosage forms are sometimes abbreviated to three-letter words. The API should probably clean up this data before making it available to the public.

Here's a list of dosage forms I'm using in the CSS so far:

capsule
effervescent
tablet
syrup
solution
drops
suspension
injection
infusion
ointment
gel
nebuliser
spray

But there are lots of 'bad' ones, including:

ped
pdr
cre
pow

etc.

These bad ones are easily spotted now that we're using icons for the 'good' or white-listed dosage forms - bad dosage forms don't have icons associated with the product.

adieyal commented 10 years ago

They are difficult to track down - I've been chatting with a pharmacist who has been trying to help me translate them. It's not trivial