nl_med_prices: A function to download the Medical Reference prices of the...

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A function to download the Medical Reference prices of the Dutch Costing Manual for one or multiple years

Description

A function downloads the Medical Reference prices of the Dutch Costing Manual for one or multiple years. The prices are available in Euro (EUR) or International Dollar (INT$).

Usage

nl_med_prices(
  year = "all",
  category = "all",
  unit = "all",
  currency = c("EUR", "INT$")
)

Arguments

year	The year of which the reference price should be downloaded, multiple years are possible, default is the whole dataset
category	The category of prices that should be included (one or more categories), default is including all categories
unit	The reference price that should be included (one or multiple reference prices), default is including the whole dataframe
currency	The currency of the output of the prices. A decision can be made between EUR and INT$, the default is EUR.

Value

A dataframe or value with the Medical Reference price(s) of the Dutch Costing Manual for the specified years

Examples

# Example usage of the nl_med_prices function
# Calculate for year 2023 with the category Nursing
nl_med_prices(year = "2023", category = "Nursing")

# Calculate for year 2022 and 2023 the category Nursing
nl_med_prices(year = "all", category = "Nursing")

# Calculate for year 2022 with the category Nursing in INT$
nl_med_prices(year = "2022", category = "Nursing" , currency = "INT$")

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