codebook.md

In Display-Lab/goals-of-care: VA Goals of Care Conversations Feedback

Input Data Codebook

Abbreviations

• GoCC Goals of care conversation.
• veterans Veterans newly admitted to a care facility during the reporting month.

HBPC Input

Columns Definitions

• report_month Reporting month of counts in yyyy-MM-dd format. Date indicates first day of relevant month. E.g. 2071-04-01 indicates counts are for April 2017.
• cdw_sta6a String uniquely identifying the site to which counts are attributed. E.g. 4369AA.
• hbpc Number of veterans who were counted in the analysis. This is the overal denominator.
• numer1 Counts of veterans who had a GoCC at the first HBPC visit.
• numer2 Counts of veterans who had a GoCC at the 2nd HBPC visit, when they did not have one at the first visit.
• numer3 Counts of veterans who had a GoCC at the 3rd HBPC visit, when they did not have a GoCC at the first 2 visits.
• denom90 Counts of veterans who were admitted between 60 and 90 days prior.
• numer90 Counts of veterans who had GoCC up to 90 days prior to admission.
• goc_pre Counts of veterans who had GoCC more than 90 days prior to admission.

Notes

• denom90 is unused in reporting.

CLC Input

Columns Definitions

• Sta6a String uniquely identifying the site to which counts are attributed. E.g. 4369AA.
• trtsp_1 String identifying the treatment specialty. Either "Short-Term NH Care" or "Long-Term NH Care".
• report_month Reporting month of counts in yyyy-MM-dd format. Date indicates first day of relevant month. E.g. 2071-04-01 indicates counts are for April 2017.
• _FREQ_ Number of veterans who were counted in the analysis. This is the overal denominator.
• goc_7 Number of veterans who had a GoCC within the first 7 days of admission.
• goc_14 Number of veterans who had a GoCC between day 8 and day 14 post admission. Excludes counts in goc\_7
• goc_30 Number of veterans who had a GoCC between day 15 and day 30 post admission. Excludes counts in goc\_14
• goc_pre90 Number of veterans who had a GoCC no more than 90 days prior to admission. Excludes counts in goc\_30
• goc_pre Number of veterans who had a GoCC 90 days or more prior to admission. Exluces those who had a GoCC between 90 days prior and 30 days after admission.
• goc_none Number of veterans without a documented GoCC.

Notes

• _freq_ is unused in calculations.
• Denominator is sum of 'goc_7', 'goc_14', 'goc_30', 'goc_pre90', 'goc_pre', 'goc_none'

Dementia Input

Columns Definitions

• Sta6a String uniquely identifying the site to which counts are attributed. E.g. 4369AA.
• trtsp_1 String identifying the treatment specialty. Either "Short-Term NH Care" or "Long-Term NH Care".
• report_month Reporting month of counts in yyyy-MM-dd format. Date indicates first day of relevant month. E.g. 2071-04-01 indicates counts are for April 2017.
• dementia Enumerated category valid values are 1 or 2.
  • 1 veterans with dementia
  • 2 all veterans (including those with dementia)
• _FREQ_ Number of veterans who were counted in the analysis. This is the overal denominator.
• goc_pre_month Number of veterans with a GoCC documented up to 30 days prior to admission.
• goc_first_month Number of veterans with a GoCC documented during the reporting month.
• goc_ever Number of veterans with a GoCC documented prior to admission. Sum of goc_first_month and goc_pre_month
• goc_none Number of veterans without a documented GoCC.

Notes

• dementia "all veterans" includes counts from veterans with dementia
• _freq_ is unused in calculations.
• Denominator is sum of 'goc_pre_month', 'goc_first_month', 'goc_none'

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