pyhealth.data.Event#

One basic data structure in the package. It is a simple container for a single event. It contains all necessary attributes for supporting various healthcare tasks.

class pyhealth.data.Event(code=None, table=None, vocabulary=None, visit_id=None, patient_id=None, timestamp=None, **attr)[source]#

Bases: object

Contains information about a single event.

An event can be anything from a diagnosis to a prescription or a lab test that happened in a visit of a patient at a specific time.

Parameters:

  • code (Optional[str]) – code of the event. E.g., “428.0” for congestive heart failure.

  • table (Optional[str]) – name of the table where the event is recorded. This corresponds to the raw csv file name in the dataset. E.g., “DIAGNOSES_ICD”.

  • vocabulary (Optional[str]) – vocabulary of the code. E.g., “ICD9CM” for ICD-9 diagnosis codes.

  • visit_id (Optional[str]) – unique identifier of the visit.

  • patient_id (Optional[str]) – unique identifier of the patient.

  • timestamp (Optional[datetime]) – timestamp of the event. Default is None.

  • **attr – optional attributes to add to the event as key=value pairs.

attr_dict#

Dict, dictionary of visit attributes. Each key is an attribute name and each value is the attribute’s value.

Examples

>>> from pyhealth.data import Event
>>> event = Event(
...     code="00069153041",
...     table="PRESCRIPTIONS",
...     vocabulary="NDC",
...     visit_id="v001",
...     patient_id="p001",
...     dosage="250mg",
... )
>>> event
Event with NDC code 00069153041 from table PRESCRIPTIONS
>>> event.attr_dict
{'dosage': '250mg'}