Admissions implied by a population and a length of stay

Admissions implied by a population and a length of stay

Usage

admissions(adp, alos, t = 365)

Arguments

adp

Average daily population.

alos

Average length of stay in days.

t

Length of the period in days. Default 365.

Value

The implied number of admissions.

Details

Rearranging the identity \(\bar{X}_{hc} = N_a \bar{X}_t / t\) (Lakner 1976, p.18-20) for \(N_a\). Useful when two of the three quantities are published and the third is not.

See also

adp(), alos(), stock_flow()

Examples

# Lakner (p.20) runs this the other way: t = 365, an average daily
# population of 25 and 1,750 admissions imply a stay of 5.2 days.
alos_implied <- 25 * 365 / 1750
round(alos_implied, 1)
#> [1] 5.2

# and back again
admissions(25, alos_implied)
#> [1] 1750