I need some help regarding how to check a certain condition for every unique PatientId in my data. In my mock data here we have 4 unique PatientId's. There are 8 possible doctor visits that every patient should do. I want to check, for every unque patient, what visits that are not done.
PatientId VisitNumber
1 2
1 3
2 1
2 2
2 4
2 5
2 6
2 8
3 1
3 2
3 3
3 4
3 5
3 6
3 7
3 8
4 1
4 6
4 8
Optimal output would be:
PatientId VisitsExcluded
1 1,4,5,6,7,8
2 3,7
3 .
4 2,3,4,5,7
How would you do it? What to write instead of [missing code], or do you have any other go?
* VisitsExcluded (of VisitNumber 1-8);
proc sql;
create table want as
select PatientId, case
when VisitNumber [missing code]
else "" end as EventSeq_missing
from have
group by PatientId;
quit;
See this:
data have;
input PatientId VisitNumber;
datalines;
1 2
1 3
2 1
2 2
2 4
2 5
2 6
2 8
3 1
3 2
3 3
3 4
3 5
3 6
3 7
3 8
4 1
4 6
4 8
;
data want;
set have;
by patientid;
length visits $15;
retain req_visits;
if first.patientid then req_visits = '11111111';
substr(req_visits,visitnumber,1) = ' ';
if last.patientid
then do;
do visitnumber = 1 to 8;
if substr(req_visits,visitnumber,1) = '1' then visits=catx(',',visits,visitnumber);
end;
output;
end;
keep patientid visits;
run;
See this:
data have;
input PatientId VisitNumber;
datalines;
1 2
1 3
2 1
2 2
2 4
2 5
2 6
2 8
3 1
3 2
3 3
3 4
3 5
3 6
3 7
3 8
4 1
4 6
4 8
;
data want;
set have;
by patientid;
length visits $15;
retain req_visits;
if first.patientid then req_visits = '11111111';
substr(req_visits,visitnumber,1) = ' ';
if last.patientid
then do;
do visitnumber = 1 to 8;
if substr(req_visits,visitnumber,1) = '1' then visits=catx(',',visits,visitnumber);
end;
output;
end;
keep patientid visits;
run;
data have;
input PatientId VisitNumber;
datalines;
1 2
1 3
2 1
2 2
2 4
2 5
2 6
2 8
3 1
3 2
3 3
3 4
3 5
3 6
3 7
3 8
4 1
4 6
4 8
;
data want;
array v(8) _temporary_ (1:8) ;
retain k;
if _n_=1 then k=peekclong(addrlong(v(1)),64);
do until(last.PatientId);
set have;
by PatientId;
_n_=whichn(visitnumber,of v(*));
if _n_ then call missing(v(_n_));
end;
VisitsExcluded=compbl(compress(strip(catx(' ',of v(*))),'.'));
call pokelong(k,addrlong(v(1)),64);
drop k visitnumber;
run;
data have;
input PatientId VisitNumber;
datalines;
1 2
1 3
2 1
2 2
2 4
2 5
2 6
2 8
3 1
3 2
3 3
3 4
3 5
3 6
3 7
3 8
4 1
4 6
4 8
;
proc sql;
create table id as
select distinct PatientID from have;
create table temp as
select *
from (select * from id,(select distinct VisitNumber from have))
except
select * from have;
create table want as
select a.*,b.VisitNumber
from id as a left join temp as b on a.PatientID=b.PatientID;
quit;
data final_want;
do until(last.PatientID);
set want;
by PatientID;
length VisitsExcluded $ 80;
VisitsExcluded=catx(',',VisitsExcluded,VisitNumber);
end;
drop VisitNumber;
run;
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