Introduction
CaseControl is an R package for performing (nested) matched case-control analyses in an observational database in the OMOP Common Data Model.
Features
- Extracts the necessary data from a database in OMOP Common Data Model format
- Nesting in a cohort of interest (e.g. people with a particular prior condition)
- Matching on age, gender, provider, time in cohort, and/or visit
- Sampling of controls per case
- Fitting outcome models using conditional logistic regression
System Requirements
Requires R. Installation on Windows requires RTools. Libraries used in CaseControl require Java.
Installation
See the instructions here for configuring your R environment, including RTools and Java.
In R, use the following commands to download and install CaseControl:
install.packages("remotes")
remotes::install_github("ohdsi/CaseControl")User Documentation
Documentation can be found on the package website.
PDF versions of the documentation are also available: * Vignette: Single studies using the CaseControl package * Vignette: Running multiple analyses at once using the CaseControl package * Package manual: CaseControl.pdf
Support
- Developer questions/comments/feedback: OHDSI Forum
- We use the GitHub issue tracker for all bugs/issues/enhancements
Contributing
Read here how you can contribute to this package.
