costing_inpatient_daycase_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 HRG code or description known

Usage

costing_inpatient_daycase_admission(
  ind_part_data,
  hrg_code_ip_admi,
  descrip_ip_admi,
  number_use_ip_admi,
  elective_col,
  unit_cost_data,
  hrg_code_col,
  description_col,
  unit_cost_col,
  cost_calculated_in = "admission"
)

Arguments

ind_part_data	IPD
hrg_code_ip_admi	column name of hrg code (for inpatient admission)
descrip_ip_admi	column name of description for inpatient admission
number_use_ip_admi	the number of days spent in each admission if that is a criteria to be included. Otherwise each admission will be costed
elective_col	colname to say whether it is an elective admission or non elective admission
unit_cost_data	unit cost data file with hrg code/descriptions and unit costs are listed for inpatient admission
hrg_code_col	hrg code column name in unit cost data
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

Value

the calculated cost of inpatient admission long with original data

Examples

costs_file <- system.file("extdata",
 "National_schedule_of_NHS_costs_2019.csv",
 package = "packDAMipd")
 datafile <- system.file("extdata", "resource_use_hc_ip.csv",
 package = "packDAMipd")
 ind_part_data <- packDAMipd::load_trial_data(datafile)
 unit_cost_data <- packDAMipd::load_trial_data(costs_file)
 result <- costing_inpatient_daycase_admission(ind_part_data,
 hrg_code_ip_admi = "HRGcode", descrip_ip_admi = NULL,
number_use_ip_admi = "number_use", elective_col = "EL",
unit_cost_data, hrg_code_col = "Currency_Code", description_col = NULL,
 unit_cost_col ="National_Average_Unit_Cost",
 cost_calculated_in = "admission")

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