costing_AandE_admission: Function to estimate the cost of inpatient admission but...

In packDAMipd: Decision Analysis Modelling Package with Parameters Estimation Ability from Individual Patient Level Data

Description

Function to estimate the cost of inpatient admission but taken from GP records where code or description known

Usage

costing_AandE_admission(
  ind_part_data,
  code_ae,
  descrip_ae,
  number_use_ae,
  type_admit_ae,
  unit_cost_data,
  code_col,
  type_admit_col,
  description_col,
  unit_cost_col,
  cost_calculated_in = "attendance",
  sheet = NULL
)

Arguments

ind_part_data	IPD
code_ae	column name of code (for inpatient admission)
descrip_ae	column name of description for inpatient admission
number_use_ae	the number of days spent in each admission if that is a criteria to be included. Otherwise each admission will be costed
type_admit_ae	term indicating admission and type of attendance
unit_cost_data	unit cost data file with code/descriptions and unit costs are listed for inpatient admission
code_col	code column name in unit cost data
type_admit_col	colname that describes type of the attendance and
description_col	column name of description of inpatient admission in the unit cost data
unit_cost_col	column name of unit cost in unit_cost_data
cost_calculated_in	name of unit where the cost is calculated assumed to be per admission
sheet	sheet where the unit costs are listed in the unit costs data file

Value

the calculated cost of inpatient admission long with original data

Examples

costs_file <- system.file("extdata",
"National_schedule_of_NHS_costs_2019_AandE.csv", package = "packDAMipd")
datafile <- system.file("extdata", "resource_use_ae_ip.csv",
package = "packDAMipd")
ind_part_data <- packDAMipd::load_trial_data(datafile)
unit_cost_data <- packDAMipd::load_trial_data(costs_file)
result <- costing_AandE_admission(ind_part_data = ind_part_data,
code_ae = "code", descrip_ae = NULL, number_use_ae = "number_use",
type_admit_ae = "type_admit", unit_cost_data = unit_cost_data,
code_col = "Currency_Code", type_admit_col = "Service_Code",
description_col = NULL, unit_cost_col ="National_Average_Unit_Cost",
cost_calculated_in = "attendance")

packDAMipd documentation built on March 3, 2021, 5:07 p.m.