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Katie
Obsidian | Level 7

I have data that looks like this:

Patient          ProgramDate         FinanceDate

A                    1/1/2012                    2/3/2012

A                      2/5/2012                    4/6/2012

A                         .                         5/25/2012

B                      2/1/2012               4/1/2012

B                         .                              4/5/2012

The data needs to look like this:

Patient          VisitDates

A                    1/1/2012

A                    2/5/2012

A                    4/6/2012

A                     5/25/2012

B                     2/1/2012

B                    4/1/2012

B                    4/5/2012

Basically I need the Finance Date to match up to a Program Date.  No Finance Dates are allowed to Match up to the earliest ProgramDate.  The finance date can be counted for in the Program Date if it occurs prior to a singular date.  This is why Patient A does not have a VisitDate for 2/3/2012.  This one is 'counted' twice and we only need to show one date.

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mohamed_zaki
Barite | Level 11

data have;

input Patient $ ProgramDate: mmddyy10. FinanceDate: mmddyy10.;

cards;

A 1/1/2012 2/3/2012

A 2/5/2012 4/6/2012

A . 5/25/2012

B 2/1/2012 4/1/2012

B . 4/5/2012

;

run;

data want (keep=Patient VisitDate);

set have;

x=lag(FinanceDate);

rename ProgramDate=VisitDate;

if ProgramDate=. then do;

    ProgramDate=x ;

        output;

    ProgramDate=FinanceDate;

        output;

end;

else output;

run;

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