_dta: 1. by Jean Roth , jroth@nber.org , 6 Apr 2017 2. OUTCyyQq.TXT contains patient outcomes for the event (0 or more). primaryid: 1. Unique number for identifying a FAERS report. 2. This is the primary link field (primary key) between data files (example: 31234561). 3. This is a concatenated key of Case ID and Case Version Number. 4. It is the Identifier for the case sequence (version) number as reported by the manufacturer. caseid: 1. Number for identifying a FAERS case (example. 3123456). 2. A case consists of one or more versions. 3. A follow-up version (that is, the newest/latest version received by FDA) 4. will have the same CASE number as the initial/oldest version. outc_cod: 1. notes outc_cod : Code for a patient outcome. (See table below.) 2. CODE MEANING_TEXT 3. ---- ------------ 4. DE Death 5. LT Life-Threatening 6. HO Hospitalization - Initial or Prolonged 7. DS Disability 8. CA Congenital Anomaly 9. RI Required Intervention to Prevent 10. Permanent Impairment/Damage 11. OT Other Serious (Important Medical Event) 12. NOTE: The outcome from the latest version of a case is provided. If there is more than one outcome, the codes will be line listed. obs: 138,809 vars: 3 7 Apr 2017 00:06 size: 1,388,090 (_dta has notes) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- storage display value variable name type format label variable label ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- primaryid long %12.0g * Unique number for identifying a FAERS report caseid long %12.0g * Number for identifying a FAERS case (example. 3123456) outc_cod str2 %9s * Code for a patient outcome * indicated variables have notes ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sorted by: primaryid outc_cod