outcome.of.care.measures.national


A small data set that shows the national average mortality and readmission rates for heart attacks, heart failure, and pneumonia


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This package contains data sets used as examples in the
book "R in a Nutshell" from O'Reilly Media. For more
information on this book, see
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Joseph Adler

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outcome.of.care.measures.national function

A data frame with 6 observations on the following 3 variables.
  <dl>
    <dt><code>Condition</code></dt><dd>a factor that describes the statistics: <code>Heart Attack</code>, <code>Heart Failure</code>, or <code>Pneumonia</code></dd> <dt><code>Measure</code></dt><dd>a factor that describes the measure: <code>Heart Attack Death (Mortality) Rates</code>, <code>Heart Attack Readmission Rates</code>, <code>Heart Failure Death (Mortality) Rates</code>, <code>Heart Failure Readmission Rates</code>, <code>Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Mortality Rate</code>, <code>Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission Rates</code>, <code>Mortality</code>, or <code>Readmission</code></dd> <dt><code>Rate</code></dt><dd>the quantity being measured</dd> </dl> 

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http://www.medicare.gov/download/Hospital_Revised_flatfiles.zip

outcome.of.care.measures.national: National outcome of care measures

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