This section provides detailed information about the technical aspects of Sentinel’s routine querying tools. View the table below for a complete list of Sentinel's tools. Sentinel’s routine querying tools include modular programs, summary tables, and software toolkits, which are each used in varying ways to investigate outcomes and/or medical products of interest.
Modular programs are grouped into varying levels of analysis:
- Signal Identification queries detect new and unsuspected potential safety concerns. Descriptions and resources related to these analytic tools can be found here.
- Level 1 modular program queries are descriptive analyses. A detailed description of the cohort identification strategy types and tools available to conduct level 1 analyses can be found here.
- Level 2 modular program queries are inferential analyses. A detailed description of the cohort identification strategy types and tools available to conduct level 2 analyses can be found here.
- Level 3 modular program queries are more complex prospective sequential analyses. A detailed description of the cohort identification strategy types and tools available to conduct level 3 analyses can be found here.
Summary Table Queries are very simple queries on counts, prevalence, and incidence of drug products, diagnosis codes, and procedure codes stratified by year, sex, age group, and where appropriate, setting of care. A detailed description of the querying tool used to conduct summary table queries can be found here.
