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Generate simulated physicians data

dummy_physicians.Rd

This function creates a synthetic dataset with a subset of variables that are contained in the GEMINI "physicians" table, as seen in GEMINI Data Repository Dictionary.

Usage

dummy_physicians(nid = 1000, n_hospitals = 10, cohort = NULL, seed = NULL)

Arguments

nid

(integer)
Number of unique encounter IDs to simulate. Optional if cohort is provided.

n_hospitals

(integer)
Number of hospitals in simulated dataset. Optional if cohort is provided.

cohort

(data.frame or data.table) Optional, an existing data table or data frame similar to admdad in GEMINI with at least the following columns:

  • genc_id (integer): Mock encounter ID; integers starting from 1

  • hospital_num (integer): Mock hospital ID; integers starting from 1 If cohort is provided, nid and n_hospitals inputs are not used.

seed

(integer)
Optional, a number to be used to set the seed for reproducible results.

Value

(data.table)
A data.table object similar to the "physicians" table that contains the following fields:

  • genc_id (integer): Mock encounter ID; integers starting from 1 or from cohort if provided

  • hospital_num (integer): Mock hospital ID number; integers starting from 1 or from cohort if provided

  • admitting_physician_gim (logical): Whether the admitting physician attends a general medicine ward

  • discharging_physician_gim (logical): Whether the discharging physician attends a general medicine ward

  • adm_phy_cpso_mapped (integer): Synthetic mock CPSO number (with prefix 'SYN_') of admitting physician

  • mrp_cpso_mapped (integer): Synthetic mock CPSO number (with prefix 'SYN_') of most responsible physician (MRP)

  • dis_phy_cpso_mapped (integer): Synthetic mock CPSO number (with prefix 'SYN_') of discharging physician

Examples

dummy_physicians(nid = 1000, n_hospitals = 10, seed = 1)
#>       genc_id hospital_num admitting_physician_gim discharging_physician_gim
#>         <int>        <int>                  <char>                    <char>
#>    1:       1            9                    <NA>                      <NA>
#>    2:       2            4                       y                      <NA>
#>    3:       3            7                    <NA>                      <NA>
#>    4:       4            1                    <NA>                         n
#>    5:       5            2                    <NA>                      <NA>
#>   ---                                                                       
#>  996:     996            8                    <NA>                      <NA>
#>  997:     997            6                       n                      <NA>
#>  998:     998            7                    <NA>                      <NA>
#>  999:     999            8                    <NA>                      <NA>
#> 1000:    1000            5                    <NA>                      <NA>
#>       adm_phy_cpso_mapped mrp_cpso_mapped
#>                    <char>          <char>
#>    1:           SYN_57866      SYN_122409
#>    2:          SYN_296817      SYN_192439
#>    3:           SYN_79648       SYN_79648
#>    4:          SYN_187582       SYN_92749
#>    5:          SYN_149054      SYN_149054
#>   ---                                    
#>  996:           SYN_50461       SYN_50461
#>  997:          SYN_146964      SYN_176082
#>  998:           SYN_56688       SYN_84272
#>  999:          SYN_234758      SYN_234758
#> 1000:          SYN_256618       SYN_70285
dummy_physicians(cohort = dummy_admdad(), seed = 2)
#>       genc_id hospital_num admitting_physician_gim discharging_physician_gim
#>         <int>        <int>                  <char>                    <char>
#>    1:       1            7                    <NA>                      <NA>
#>    2:       2            1                       y                         n
#>    3:       3            7                    <NA>                      <NA>
#>    4:       4            4                    <NA>                         n
#>    5:       5            6                       n                      <NA>
#>   ---                                                                       
#>  996:     996            9                    <NA>                      <NA>
#>  997:     997            4                    <NA>                         y
#>  998:     998            1                    <NA>                         n
#>  999:     999            2                    <NA>                         y
#> 1000:    1000            6                    <NA>                      <NA>
#>       adm_phy_cpso_mapped mrp_cpso_mapped
#>                    <char>          <char>
#>    1:          SYN_153171      SYN_153171
#>    2:          SYN_163375      SYN_163375
#>    3:          SYN_165605      SYN_165605
#>    4:           SYN_25387       SYN_10450
#>    5:          SYN_127182       SYN_52165
#>   ---                                    
#>  996:          SYN_235527      SYN_235527
#>  997:          SYN_280765      SYN_177097
#>  998:          SYN_249768       SYN_43746
#>  999:          SYN_191383      SYN_191383
#> 1000:           SYN_18652      SYN_177097