healthyR.data (version 1.2.0)

current_hosp_data_dict: Download Hospital Data Dictionary

Description

Download the Hospital Data Dictionary

Usage

current_hosp_data_dict(.open_folder = FALSE)

Value

Downloads the current hospital data dictionary to a place specified by the user.

Arguments

.open_folder

The default is FALSE. If set to TRUE then the folder where the file was saved to will be opened.

Author

Steven P. Sanderson II, MPH

Details

This function will download the current Hospital Data Dictionary for the official hospital data sets from the CMS.gov website. The function makes use of utils::choose.dir() and will ask the user where to save the file.

See Also

https://data.cms.gov/provider-data/topics/hospitals/

Examples

if (FALSE) {
  current_hosp_data_dict()
}