Present-on-admission (POA) is not simply true or false. It can
be one of a number of indeterminate values, including NA
, or "Y" or
"N". "Present-on-arrival" in this context will mean a positive "Y" flag and
nothing else. Other interpretations are to include all ICD-9 codes not
flagged 'N': but this would include many unknowns. Conversely, when looking
for definite new diagnoses, we should only find 'N' flagged codes, and
ignore anything marked "Y" or indeterminate. This gives four options: poa
== "Y" , poa == "N", poa != "N" , poa != "Y".
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An object of class character
of length 4.
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