Issue # and location
Issue summary
Patients can choose to discontinue drugs, this can make the quantity of a drug inconsistent with the duration exposed. The question then becomes, should drug_exposure.quantity be recalculated if a patient discontinues a drug?
Convention type
Table
CDM table
DRUG_EXPOSURE
CDM field
quantity
Links to issue discussion
Format as follows:
Provenance of data
General, all types of data
The ratified convention
The quantity should represent the actual quantity of the drug dispensed and should not be recalculated/inferred based on dates if a patient discontinues a drug.
Date of ratification/published
Downstream implications
No
Link to DQD check
No
Related conventions/further information
NA