Get descendant codes for ATC levels

Usage

getATCCodes(
  cdm,
  level = c("ATC 1st"),
  name = NULL,
  doseForm = NULL,
  doseUnit = NULL,
  routeCategory = NULL,
  type = "codelist"
)

Arguments

cdm: cdm_reference via CDMConnector
level: ATC level. Can be one or more of "ATC 1st", "ATC 2nd", "ATC 3rd", "ATC 4th", and "ATC 5th"
name: ATC name of interest. For example, c("Dermatologicals", "Nervous System"), would result in a list of length two with the descendant concepts for these two particular ATC groups.
doseForm: Only descendants codes with the specified dose form will be returned. If NULL, descendant codes will be returned regardless of dose form.
doseUnit: Only descendants codes with the specified dose unit will be returned. If NULL, descendant codes will be returned regardless of dose unit
routeCategory: Only descendants codes with the specified route will be returned. If NULL, descendant codes will be returned regardless of dose form.
type: Can be "codelist", "codelist_with_details", or "concept_set_expression"

Value

Concepts with their format based on the type argument.

Examples

# \donttest{
cdm <- mockVocabRef()
#> Warning: There are observation period end dates after the current date: 2025-02-19
#> ℹ The latest max observation period end date found is 2025-12-31
getATCCodes(cdm = cdm, level = "ATC 1st")
#> 
#> ── 1 codelist ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
#> 
#> - 1234_alimentary_tract_and_metabolism (2 codes)
# }