Generates simulated NHS patients
Value
A data.frame representing an empty waiting list with the following columns:
- Referral
Date. Referral date; all values are
NA.- Removal
Date. Removal date; all values are
NA.- Withdrawal
Date. Patient withdrawal date; all values are
NA- Priority
Numeric. Waiting list priority level, from 1 (most urgent) to 4 (least urgent).
- Target_wait
Numeric. Target number of days the patient should wait at the assigned priority level (e.g., 28 days for priority 2)
- Name
Character. Patient name in the format
"Last, First".- Birth_date
Date. Date of birth.
- NHS_number
Integer. Patient identifier, up to 100,000,000.
- Specialty_code
Character. One-letter code representing the specialty of the procedure.
- Specialty
Character. Full name of the specialty associated with the procedure.
- OPCS
Character. OPCS-4 code of the selected procedure.
- Procedure
Character. Name of the selected procedure.
- Consultant
Character. Consultant name in the format
"Last, First".
Examples
sim_patients()
#> Referral Removal Withdrawal Priority Target_wait Name
#> 1 <NA> <NA> <NA> 4 365 Wheeler, Cierra
#> 2 <NA> <NA> <NA> 2 28 Johnson, Jalen
#> 3 <NA> <NA> <NA> 1 7 el-Mian, Hamza
#> 4 <NA> <NA> <NA> 4 365 Maldonado, Francesco
#> 5 <NA> <NA> <NA> 4 365 Wesley, Kaylah
#> 6 <NA> <NA> <NA> 4 365 Xiong, Joachim
#> 7 <NA> <NA> <NA> 4 365 al-Muhammed, Huda
#> 8 <NA> <NA> <NA> 4 365 Rivera, Monica
#> 9 <NA> <NA> <NA> 1 7 Reece, Sabrina
#> 10 <NA> <NA> <NA> 1 7 Macias, Monica
#> Birth_date NHS_number Specialty_code
#> 1 2019-07-10 18261270 Z
#> 2 1974-10-18 54583776 B
#> 3 1988-03-16 29667426 N
#> 4 2024-03-09 16295646 V
#> 5 1981-08-11 1818720 X
#> 6 1979-02-26 76107722 N
#> 7 1972-10-13 83179572 C
#> 8 1979-10-10 16168471 B
#> 9 1947-12-12 90652366 Z
#> 10 1986-08-01 17733190 Z
#> Specialty OPCS
#> 1 Subsidiary Classification of Sites of Operation Z562
#> 2 Endocrine System and Breast B092
#> 3 Male Genital Organs N159
#> 4 Bones and Joints of Skull and Spine V528
#> 5 Miscellaneous Operations X842
#> 6 Male Genital Organs N201
#> 7 Eye C331
#> 8 Endocrine System and Breast B098
#> 9 Subsidiary Classification of Sites of Operation Z033
#> 10 Subsidiary Classification of Sites of Operation Z792
#> Procedure
#> 1 Z56.2 Thenar muscle
#> 2 B09.2 Excision of sublingual thyroid tissue
#> 3 N15.9 Unspecified operations on epididymis
#> 4 V52.8 Other specified other operations on intervertebral disc
#> 5 X84.2 Pulmonary surfactant drugs Band 1
#> 6 N20.1 Excision of lesion of spermatic cord
#> 7 C33.1 Resection of medial rectus muscle of eye NEC
#> 8 B09.8 Other specified operations on aberrant thyroid tissue
#> 9 Z03.3 Oculomotor nerve (iii)
#> 10 Z79.2 Os calcis
#> Consultant
#> 1 Roberts, Michael
#> 2 Nguyen, Benjamin
#> 3 Alvarado Jr, Diamond
#> 4 Barcelona, Shyloah
#> 5 Goodger, Kaylee
#> 6 Runnels, Laura
#> 7 Lemus-Salazar, Kaylee
#> 8 Le, Brandon
#> 9 Buczynski, Timothy
#> 10 Basnet, Kevin