Cohort Creation Using SAS

By the end of this module, you should be able to:

Recognize what factors could define a cohort
Identify the components of a study timeline
Select potential cohort members using inclusion criteria
Assign patients’ cohort entry date and end date
Apply exclusion criteria to a cohort
Produce a cohort flow chat

About the author

Sara Johnson has a BSc (h) in Life Sciences from Queen’s University and an MSc in Epidemiology from McGill University where she specialized in pharmacoepidemiology. Before joining CNODES in 2016, she worked as a data analyst in a long term care facility focusing on pharmacoepidemiology in geriatric populations. Sara authored this module while working as an analyst with the CNODES Quebec Site located at the Centre de Recherche du CHUM in Montreal.