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Drug names with classes

Data files (available at data.world)

  • Format 1: drugnames_withclasses.csv
  • Format 2: drugnames_withclasses.feather

Link(s) to code used for scraping, tidying, etc, if applicable:

Scraping and tidying script

Data types

  • string: a sequence of characters
  • integer: whole numbers

Field listing

Name Type Description
drugname_brand string Brand or trade name of the drug
drugname_generic string Generic or nonproprietary name of the drug (seems to contain specific formulation information such as type and amount of active ingredient)
rxnorm_rxcui integer Numeric identifiers including missing/unknown. Each represents a unique drug name which is separately provided
drug_major_class string This is a set of 30 possible alpha-numeric codes including missing/unknown. It indicates the major class of the drug, such as cardiovascular medications and central nervous system medications
dmc_name string String description of drug_major_class (seems mainly unknown/missing or NA)
drug_class string This is a set of 263 possible alpha-numeric (two-letter plus three-digit) codes. It indicates the class of the drug, such as antidepressants and analgesics
dc_name string String description of drug_class

Important notes

Data provenance Drug information comes from Part D Prescription Drug Event (PDE) data and is available for a subset (~70%) of Medicare beneficiaries. Unique drug identifiers and classes were from CMS 2010 Medicare Prescription Drug Profiles Public Use Files which represents 100% of prescription drug claims.

Data calculation methods

TODO:

  • Add information on how drugnames were mapped to RXCUI
  • Add how major class and class were matched to their description

Note:

This is an older dataset / dictionary that needs to be verified