Package: diyar
Type: Package
Title: Multistage Record Linkage and Case Definition for
        Epidemiological Analysis
Date: 2020-06-11
Version: 0.1.0
URL: https://cran.r-project.org/package=diyar
BugReports: https://github.com/OlisaNsonwu/diyar/issues
Author: Olisaeloka Nsonwu
Maintainer: Olisaeloka Nsonwu <olisa.nsonwu@gmail.com>
Description: Perform multistage deterministic linkages, apply case definitions to datasets, and deduplicate records.
    Records (rows) from datasets are linked by different matching criteria and sub-criteria (columns) in a specified order of certainty. 
    The linkage process handles missing data and conflicting matches based on this same order of certainty.
    For episode grouping, rows of dated events (e.g. sample collection) or interval of events (e.g. hospital admission) are 
    grouped into chronological episodes beginning with a "Case". The process permits several options such as 
    episode lengths and recurrence periods which are used to build custom preferences for case assignment (definition).
    The record linkage and episode grouping processes assign unique group IDs to matching records or those grouped into episodes. 
    This then allows for record deduplication or sub-analysis within these groups.  
License: GPL-3
Encoding: UTF-8
LazyData: true
Imports: methods, grDevices, graphics, utils, dplyr (>= 0.7.5)
RoxygenNote: 6.1.1
Suggests: stringdist, knitr, rmarkdown, testthat, covr
VignetteBuilder: knitr
Language: en-GB
NeedsCompilation: no
Packaged: 2020-06-13 14:28:17 UTC; St. Loki
Repository: CRAN
Date/Publication: 2020-06-13 15:00:02 UTC
