Get yearly SNOMED CT code usage in GP electronic health records in England

Downloads (if not already cached) and returns the yearly summary of SNOMED CT code usage from 1st August 2011 onwards. The variables in this dataset include:

start_date: Start date of code usage count
end_date: End date of code usage count
snomed_code: SNOMED Concept ID
usage: Yearly summary of code usage. Note that counts are rounded to the nearest 10. Counts of 5 or below are displayed as 5.
active_at_start: Specifying whether code was active at the start date.
active_at_end: Specifying whether code was active at the end date.
description: Description of SNOMED Concept ID

Usage

get_gp_snomed(version = NULL)

Source

https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/mi-snomed-code-usage-in-primary-care

Arguments

version: String, dataset version, or NULL for the latest (default)

Value

A tibble

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
# Filter for code usage records from 2022-08-01 onwards
get_gp_snomed() |>
  dplyr::filter(start_date >= "2022-08-1")
} # }