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Classification of Cases into Deterministic Categories
https://docs.ropensci.org/coder/
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The statement of need could be fleshed out more. #91

Closed eribul closed 4 years ago

eribul commented 4 years ago

The statement of need could be fleshed out more. As a biostatistician working in the medical field, I was able to get a sense of what the package is meant to do since I'm familiar with ICD codes and co-morbidity indices such as Charlson. But some more details about the problem this solves, and who it is meant to help, could be usefully added. I believe that the package can take a dataset where patients have various codes, such as ICD codes, with associated dates, and it then uses regular expressions to identify specific codes of interest for creating, for example, the Charlson comorbidity index. Is that right? I understand that you are trying to be vague since the package could be used generally for any application, but I find that in not being specific about the medical application at all times it is harder to understand the core functionality. A key to clarity of purpose may lie in terminology, and clearly defining the different pieces of information this package can bring together.

eribul commented 4 years ago

Review: I agree and have expanded this section of the README.