Generate a codelist from the union of different codelists. The generated codelist will come out in alphabetical order.

Generate a codelist from the union of different codelists. The generated codelist will come out in alphabetical order.

Usage

unionCodelists(
  x,
  newCodelistName = NULL,
  keepOriginal = FALSE,
  codelistsToJoin = names(x)
)

Arguments

x

A codelist, codelist_with_details, or a concept_set. See newCodelist(), newCodelistWithDetails(), newConceptSetExpression() functions for more details.

newCodelistName

Character vector with the name of the new codelist. If NULL all codelists names will be combined.

keepOriginal

Whether to keep the original codelist (TRUE) or just return the stratified ones (FALSE).

codelistsToJoin

Character vector with the names of the codelists to be unioned.

Value

A codelist

Examples

# \donttest{
library(CodelistGenerator)
cdm <- mockVocabRef()
getDrugIngredientCodes(cdm,
                        nameStyle = "{concept_name}") |>
unionCodelists()
#> 
#> ── 1 codelist ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
#> 
#> - adalimumab_other_ingredient (2 codes)
# }