Creates a waiting list using the parameters specified
Usage
create_waiting_list(
n,
mean_arrival_rate,
mean_wait,
start_date = Sys.Date(),
limit_removals = TRUE,
sd = 0,
rott = 0,
...
)Arguments
- n
Numeric value of rate of demand in same units as target wait
e.g. if target wait is weeks, then demand in units of patients/week.
- mean_arrival_rate
Numeric value of mean daily arrival rate.
- mean_wait
Numeric value of mean wait time for treatment/on waiting list.
- start_date
Character value of date from which to start generated waiting list.
- limit_removals
Defaults to TRUE
- sd
Numeric value, standard deviation. Defaults to 0.
- rott
Numeric value, proportion of referrals to be randomly flagged as ROTT. Defaults to 0.
- ...
Container for the list
Value
A tibble with randomly generated patient records and the following columns:
- pat_id
Integer. Unique identifier for the patient.
- addition_date
Date. The date the patient was added to the waiting list.
- removal_date
Date. The date the patient was removed from the waiting list.
- wait_length
Numeric. Number of days between the addition and removal dates.
- rott
Logical. Whether the removal was for reasons other than treatment (ROTT).
Additional columns may be included if supplied via ...,
where named vectors (e.g., patient-level variables) of compatible length
are merged into the output tibble.
Examples
create_waiting_list(366, 50, 21, "2024-01-01", 10, 0.1)
#> # A tibble: 18,133 × 5
#> pat_id addition_date removal_date wait_length rott
#> <int> <date> <date> <dbl> <lgl>
#> 1 1 2024-01-01 2024-03-07 66.3 FALSE
#> 2 2 2024-01-01 2024-01-13 12.3 FALSE
#> 3 3 2024-01-01 2024-02-12 42.2 FALSE
#> 4 4 2024-01-01 2024-02-16 45.8 FALSE
#> 5 5 2024-01-01 2024-01-02 1.12 FALSE
#> 6 6 2024-01-01 2024-01-05 3.53 FALSE
#> 7 7 2024-01-01 2024-01-06 5.34 FALSE
#> 8 8 2024-01-01 2024-02-06 36.4 FALSE
#> 9 9 2024-01-01 2024-01-17 16.3 FALSE
#> 10 10 2024-01-01 2024-01-25 24.4 FALSE
#> # ℹ 18,123 more rows