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NewUsrStat
Pyrite | Level 9

Hi guys, 

suppose to have the following: 

data DB;
  input ID :$20. Event Index;
cards;
0001 1  0
0001 0  1
0002 1  1
0002 0  0
0003 1  0
0003 0  1
0003 0  1
0003 0  0
0003 0  1
run;

Each patient has Event = 1 corresponding to the first occurrence (there are dates). The dataset is sorted by Event. So, first.ID = 1. Then there is another column, i.e., Index, corresponding to hospitalizations at different dates (not shown). It doesn't matter if a patient has more than one hospitalization I would like to put index "1" if the patient hast at least one hospitalization. The index should be placed where Event = 1 because subsequent filters will be applied. Can anyone help me please? The desired output should be: 

 


data DB1;
  input ID :$20. Event Index;
cards;
0001 1  1
0001 0  0
0002 1  1
0002 0  0
0003 1  1
0003 0  0
0003 0  0
0003 0  0
0003 0  0
run;

Thank you in advance

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PaigeMiller
Diamond | Level 26

PROC SUMMARY can help here

 

proc summary data=db nway;
    class id;
    var index;
    output out=db_max(drop=_:) max=max_index;
run;
data want;
	merge db db_max;
	by id;
	if event=1 and max_index=1 then new_index=1;
	else new_index=0;
run;
--
Paige Miller

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PaigeMiller
Diamond | Level 26

PROC SUMMARY can help here

 

proc summary data=db nway;
    class id;
    var index;
    output out=db_max(drop=_:) max=max_index;
run;
data want;
	merge db db_max;
	by id;
	if event=1 and max_index=1 then new_index=1;
	else new_index=0;
run;
--
Paige Miller
mkeintz
PROC Star

If the data are sorted by ID, then there is a single-step solution:

 

data want;
  merge db (where=(index=1) in=found_an_index)   db;
  by id;
  index= (event=1 and found_an_index=1);
run;
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