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Sapt86
Fluorite | Level 6

 

Hi everyone, 

 

I'm quite new with SAS, and I wonder if you can please help me.

 

I'm trying to calculate time in days between the visits to the hospital of each client. That is, the idea is to know how many days pass between the client ends treatment and begins with a new treatment.

In my example, what I need, is the variable "Time between episodes (days)"

 

ClientVisitsStart DateEnd DateTime between episodes (days)
111/11/20193/11/2019-
125/11/201911/11/20192
125/11/201911/11/20192
213/11/20193/11/2019-
315/11/20197/11/2019-
315/11/20197/11/2019-
315/11/20197/11/2019-
3210/11/201915/11/20193
3210/11/201915/11/20193
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Jagadishkatam
Amethyst | Level 16

please try

 

data have;
input Client Visits	Start_Date:ddmmyy10. End_Date:ddmmyy10.;	
cards;
1 1 1/11/2019 3/11/2019  
1 2 5/11/2019 11/11/2019 
1 2 5/11/2019 11/11/2019 
2 1 3/11/2019 3/11/2019  
3 1 5/11/2019 7/11/2019  
3 1 5/11/2019 7/11/2019  
3 1 5/11/2019 7/11/2019  
3 2 10/11/2019 15/11/2019 
3 2 10/11/2019 15/11/2019 
;


data want;
set have;
by client visits Start_Date;
retain sdate edate;
if first.visits then edate= End_Date;
if first.visits then sdate=lag(edate)-Start_Date;
if first.client then sdate=.;
format Start_Date End_Date  edate date9.;
run;
Thanks,
Jag

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Jagadishkatam
Amethyst | Level 16

please try

 

data have;
input Client Visits	Start_Date:ddmmyy10. End_Date:ddmmyy10.;	
cards;
1 1 1/11/2019 3/11/2019  
1 2 5/11/2019 11/11/2019 
1 2 5/11/2019 11/11/2019 
2 1 3/11/2019 3/11/2019  
3 1 5/11/2019 7/11/2019  
3 1 5/11/2019 7/11/2019  
3 1 5/11/2019 7/11/2019  
3 2 10/11/2019 15/11/2019 
3 2 10/11/2019 15/11/2019 
;


data want;
set have;
by client visits Start_Date;
retain sdate edate;
if first.visits then edate= End_Date;
if first.visits then sdate=lag(edate)-Start_Date;
if first.client then sdate=.;
format Start_Date End_Date  edate date9.;
run;
Thanks,
Jag
Sapt86
Fluorite | Level 6

Hi Jag, 

 

Thank you so much for your help! This worked perfectly fine for me. Thanks!

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