Extracting medication information from unstructured public health data: a demonstration on data from population-based and tertiary-based samples

Table 2 Examples of representations of medications and reasons captured in unstructured text from a public health setting

Medications	Example representations
Aspirin	Aspirin ASA, Aspirin Bayer, Aspirin Generic, ASA
Albuterol	Albuteral, Albuteral Nebulizer, Albuteral Inhaler
Metoprolol	Metoprold ER, Metoprolo ER
Reason	Example representations
Hypertension	High blood pressure, HTN, b/p
Arthritis	Arthritis (r) hip, arthritic joints, arthritis-anti-inflammatory

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