BNF codes from fuzzy lookup - checked.xlsx (67.91 kB)
Prescription Cost Analysis 1998-2016 - drugs matched to BNF via fuzzy lookup
Some drug names found in the PCA data do not exactly match any drug names in the current British National Formulary (BNF), e.g. formulation variants no longer available. A similar BNF presentation name could sometimes be found by using the “fuzzy” lookup add-on for Excel. These were validated manually by a pharmacist.
