Patient Timelines Master for URSA-CKD Concepts

Object Description

One row per patient-period during which the patient met the criteria for CKD (of any stage, or with an unknown stage).

Metadata

• Table Name: ursa.so_ursa_ckd_pat_002
• Layer: Synthetic Object
• Object Type: Complex Timeline
• Temporal Class: Interval
• Case ID: Patient ID
• Interval Start Date: Period Start Date
• Interval End Date: Period End Date
• Primary Key Field(s): Patient ID, Period Start Date, Period End Date

Relational Diagram

Related Key Concepts

• CKD Patient
• Nephrologist
• Nephrology Group Provider
• Clinician Office Visit with Nephrology Provider
• Primary Care Clinician Office Visit for CKD
• Patient Attribution to Nephrology Provider
• Chronic Dialysis Episode
• CKD Stage
• ESRD Start Encounter

Dedicated Precursors

• Patient Timelines for CKD Stage: One record per patient-period during which the patient met the criteria for CKD and stage could be determined.
• Patient Timelines of Empirical Attribution to Nephrology Provider: One record per patient-period during which the patient had at least one visit with a nephrology provider in the prior two years, identifying the individual nephrologist and nephology provider group to which the patient is attributed based on their empirical history of office visits.
• Patient Timelines of Empirical Attribution to Nephrology Provider, Precursor 1 (Individual Provider Attribution): One record per patient timeline period in which the patient had at least one visit with a nephrologist in the prior two years. This identifies the primary care provider with the plurality of visits in the prior two years, up to two, with ties broken based on the most recent visit date.
• Patient Timelines of Empirical Attribution to Nephrology Provider, Precursor 2 (Provider Group Attribution): One record per patient timeline period in which the patient had at least one visit with a nephrology group provider in the prior two years. This identifies the primary care provider with the plurality of visits in the prior two years, up to two, with ties broken based on the most recent visit date.

FAQs

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