Download SIA Outpatient Production Microdata

Downloads and returns outpatient production microdata from DATASUS FTP. Each row represents one outpatient production record. Data is organized monthly – one .dbc file per type, state (UF), and month.

Usage

sia_data(
  year,
  type = "PA",
  month = NULL,
  vars = NULL,
  uf = NULL,
  procedure = NULL,
  diagnosis = NULL,
  parse = TRUE,
  col_types = NULL,
  cache = TRUE,
  cache_dir = NULL,
  lazy = FALSE,
  backend = c("arrow", "duckdb")
)

Arguments

year: Integer. Year(s) of the data. Required.
type: Character. File type to download. Default: "PA" (outpatient production). See sia_info() for all 13 types.
month: Integer. Month(s) of the data (1-12). If NULL (default), downloads all 12 months. Example: 1 (January), 1:6 (first semester).
vars: Character vector. Variables to keep. If NULL (default), returns all available variables. Use sia_variables() to see available variables.
uf: Character. Two-letter state abbreviation(s) to download. If NULL (default), downloads all 27 states. Example: "SP", c("SP", "RJ").
procedure: Character. SIGTAP procedure code pattern(s) to filter by (PA_PROC_ID). Supports partial matching (prefix). If NULL (default), returns all procedures. Example: "0301" (consultations).
diagnosis: Character. CID-10 code pattern(s) to filter by principal diagnosis (PA_CIDPRI). Supports partial matching (prefix). If NULL (default), returns all diagnoses. Example: "J" (respiratory diseases).
parse: Logical. If TRUE (default), converts columns to appropriate types (integer, double, Date) based on the variable metadata. Use sia_variables() to see the target type for each variable. Set to FALSE for backward-compatible all-character output.
col_types: Named list. Override the default type for specific columns. Names are column names, values are type strings: "character", "integer", "double", "date_dmy", "date_ymd", "date_ym", "date". Example: list(PA_VALAPR = "character") to keep PA_VALAPR as character.
cache: Logical. If TRUE (default), caches downloaded data for faster future access.
cache_dir: Character. Directory for caching. Default: tools::R_user_dir("healthbR", "cache").
lazy: Logical. If TRUE, returns a lazy query object instead of a tibble. Requires the arrow package. The lazy object supports dplyr verbs (filter, select, mutate, etc.) which are pushed down to the query engine before collecting into memory. Call dplyr::collect() to materialize the result. Default: FALSE.
backend: Character. Backend for lazy evaluation: "arrow" (default) or "duckdb". Only used when lazy = TRUE. DuckDB backend requires the duckdb package.

Value

A tibble with outpatient production microdata. Includes columns year, month, and uf_source to identify the source when multiple years/months/states are combined.

Details

Data is downloaded from DATASUS FTP as .dbc files (one per type/state/month). The .dbc format is decompressed internally using vendored C code from the blast library. No external dependencies are required.

SIA data is monthly, so downloading an entire year for all states requires 324 files (27 UFs x 12 months) per type. Use uf and month to limit downloads.

The SIA has 13 file types. The default "PA" (outpatient production) is the most commonly used. Use sia_info() to see all types.

Examples

if (FALSE) { # interactive()
# all outpatient production in Acre, January 2022
ac_jan <- sia_data(year = 2022, month = 1, uf = "AC")

# filter by procedure code
consult <- sia_data(year = 2022, month = 1, uf = "AC",
                    procedure = "0301")

# filter by diagnosis (CID-10)
resp <- sia_data(year = 2022, month = 1, uf = "AC",
                 diagnosis = "J")

# only key variables
sia_data(year = 2022, month = 1, uf = "AC",
         vars = c("PA_PROC_ID", "PA_CIDPRI", "PA_SEXO",
                  "PA_IDADE", "PA_VALAPR"))

# different file type (APAC Medicamentos)
med <- sia_data(year = 2022, month = 1, uf = "AC", type = "AM")
}