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This repo is to support investigations into immunosuppressant medications and COVID-19 outcomes
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*High cost drug codes* infliximab #50

Closed NikNakk closed 3 years ago

NikNakk commented 3 years ago

Description

This is a list of all the unique values from the Drug Name variable in the High Cost Drugs Dataset that relate to the prescribing of infliximab.

Methodology

The values in this variable do not follow a coding system so the selection for this codelist is based on the drug name value, after converting all text to lower case, containing one or more of the following strings (these are the generic medicine name and brand names):

All drug name values that contain at least one of the above strings are included in the infliximab group and assigned the VTM (virtual therapeutic moiety) code 108675009.

NikNakk commented 3 years ago

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NikNakk commented 3 years ago

Reviewed on 19/02/2021 by @niknakk and Charlie Lees

AnnaB45 commented 3 years ago

Added to OpenSAFELY Codelists.

NikNakk commented 3 years ago

Reviewed by @AnnaB45, @sinlangan, @myatesrheum, @NikNakk, @jamesgalloway

NikNakk commented 3 years ago

Note there are some entries for 'gain share'; these should still successfully identify people exposed to the drug, but may effectively be duplicate events.

AnnaB45 commented 3 years ago

Updated reviewers on OpenSAFELY codelists and closed issue.