Observational Health Data Sciences and Informatics

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Group Leader: Paul Petraro

Meetings:

Tracking Sheet:

Meeting Minutes:

December 21st 2017

Issue	Options
OBSERVATION_PERIOD
Combined Data (CPRD-HES, Rx/Dx coverage	Allow and add flags/disallow
Data outside	Allow/put in Observation as “History of”
Persistence Window between enrollments	Allow and add after end of enrollment/disallow
VISIT
Missing End date	Leave null/create guideline for inference
How to derive visit type if not available
Create Visits from hcpcs/cpt codes representing longer period care, e.g. dialysis charges are billed once a month
Create Visits from events	Don't
Long term care/ Skilled nursing facility
Reverse Visits
Observation visits
Visits for receiving a test
COST
DRG - what to do with them	Leave
How to handle granular versus total cost?	Gowtham's proposal
How to handle geographical or year-based multiplier tables	CDM WG
PAYER_PLAN_PERIOD
Payer types	Clean up and create convention
Overlapping	Keep