Mark Laflamme wrote to me privately,
and I take the liberty of forwarding to the list:
Variables are named when1 when 2 to when10
Variable is a string either "BEFORE" or "AFTER" or which neither are
written(not a missing value)
A provider has made an order BEFORE or AFTER an encounter
Providers are categorizd by variable provcode as 1,2,3 or 4
for particular patients, patient is categorized by string variable
mrno(8 digits with a dash)
For example
MRNO when1 when2 when3 ........ when10 provcode
1112220-1 BEFORE AFTER 2
2223334-5 AFTER AFTER AFTER 3
3334445-6
4
4445556-7 BEFORE BEFORE AFTER AFTER 1
I am trying to ....
1) sum the number of BEFORE and AFTER and/or neither for each MRNO
2) sum the number of BEFORE and AFTER and/or neither for each provcode
3) a table for BEFORE and AFTER
For example....
AFTER
Yes NO
BEFORE yes 12 34
No 5 12
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