decode_admit: Convert Admission Codes to Full Descriptions

In jamisoncrawford/panthr: Streamlining Preprocessing Tasks with GSU Data

Description

decode_admit converts admission code fields into full-length, descriptive labels by evaluating a scalar or vector of values of class character.

Usage

decode_admit(code, clean = FALSE)

Arguments

code	A scalar or vector of length n and class character containing one or more admission codes.
clean	A logical value (i.e. TRUE or FALSE) indicating whether descriptions should be converted to a "cleaner", more human-readable format. Defaults to FALSE.

Details

Values containing unrecognized admission codes are coerced to NA (missing) values and a warning message is thrown.

Value

A scalar or vector of values of class character containing full-length admission code descriptions. Missing values are preserved.

Author(s)

Jamison R. Crawford, Institutional Research Associate, Georgia State University

jamisoncrawford/panthr documentation built on March 9, 2020, 6:18 p.m.