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DRC05: Distribution of ingredient costs

This query is used to to provide summary statistics for ingredient costs (ingredient_cost) across all drug cost records: the mean, the standard deviation, the minimum, the 25th percentile, the median, the 75th percentile, the maximum and the number of missing values. No input is required for this query.

Input:
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Sample query run:
The following is a sample run of the query. The input parameters are highlighted in blue

-- Oracle
SELECT min(tt.stat_value) AS min_value
     , max(tt.stat_value) AS max_value
     , avg(tt.stat_value) AS avg_value
     , (round(stdDev(tt.stat_value)) ) AS stdDev_value
     , PERCENTILE_DISC(0.25) WITHIN GROUP( ORDER BY tt.stat_value )
                                     AS percentile_25
     , PERCENTILE_DISC(0.5)  WITHIN GROUP (ORDER BY tt.stat_value )
                                     AS median_value
     , PERCENTILE_DISC(0.75) WITHIN GROUP (ORDER BY tt.stat_value )
                                     AS percential_75
  FROM
    ( SELECT t.ingredient_cost AS stat_value
      FROM drug_cost t
      where t.ingredient_cost > 0
    ) tt 
;
Output:
Output field list:
 Field  Description
ingredient_cost The portion of the drug expenses due to the cost charged by the manufacturer for the drug, typically a percentage of the Average Wholesale Price.
min_value
max_value
avg_value
median_value

Sample output record:
 Field  Description
ingredient_cost
min_value
max_value
avg_value
median_value
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