Statistical methods for hospital monitoring with R
Morton, Anthony Park, 1933-
Statistical methods for hospital monitoring with R [electronic resource] / Anthony Morton, Kerrie Mengersen, Geoffrey Playford, Michael Whitby. - 1 online resource. - Statistics in practice . - Statistics in practice. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Proportion -- Risk adjustment -- Cusum and related charts for binary data -- Introduction rate and count data -- Introduction, data, limitations of aggregated count data analysis -- Arranging data by weeks, months, quarters -- Multiple antibiotic-resistant organism (MRO) prevalence -- Overview of hospital quality improvement.
Hospitals monitoring is becoming more complex and is increasing both because staff want their data analysed and because of increasing mandated surveillance. This book provides a suite of functions in R, enabling scientists and data analysts working in infection management and quality improvement departments in hospitals, to analyse their often non-independent data which is frequently in the form of trended, over-dispersed and sometimes auto-correlated time series; this is often difficult to analyse using standard office software. This book provides much-needed guidance on data analy.
9781118639177 1118639170 9781118639160 1118639162 9781118639184 1118639189 9781118639153 1118639154 1118596307 9781118596302
2013009332
Hospitals--Administration--Statistical methods.
Hospital Administration.
Statistics as Topic.
Efficiency, Organizational.
Health services administration.
Hospital administration.
Statistics as topic.
MEDICAL--Hospital Administration & Care.
Hospitals--Administration--Statistical methods.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
RA971
362.11068
WX 150.1
Statistical methods for hospital monitoring with R [electronic resource] / Anthony Morton, Kerrie Mengersen, Geoffrey Playford, Michael Whitby. - 1 online resource. - Statistics in practice . - Statistics in practice. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Proportion -- Risk adjustment -- Cusum and related charts for binary data -- Introduction rate and count data -- Introduction, data, limitations of aggregated count data analysis -- Arranging data by weeks, months, quarters -- Multiple antibiotic-resistant organism (MRO) prevalence -- Overview of hospital quality improvement.
Hospitals monitoring is becoming more complex and is increasing both because staff want their data analysed and because of increasing mandated surveillance. This book provides a suite of functions in R, enabling scientists and data analysts working in infection management and quality improvement departments in hospitals, to analyse their often non-independent data which is frequently in the form of trended, over-dispersed and sometimes auto-correlated time series; this is often difficult to analyse using standard office software. This book provides much-needed guidance on data analy.
9781118639177 1118639170 9781118639160 1118639162 9781118639184 1118639189 9781118639153 1118639154 1118596307 9781118596302
2013009332
Hospitals--Administration--Statistical methods.
Hospital Administration.
Statistics as Topic.
Efficiency, Organizational.
Health services administration.
Hospital administration.
Statistics as topic.
MEDICAL--Hospital Administration & Care.
Hospitals--Administration--Statistical methods.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
RA971
362.11068
WX 150.1