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Readmission
Description
SOA Hospital Readmissions Sample Exam, 2019.
Usage
readmission
Format
data.frame, 66782 observations of 9 variables:
- Readmission.Status
The target variable, it is 1 for patients that were readmitted, 0 otherwise.
- Gender
M indicates male, F indicates female.
- Race
There are four categories: Black, Hispanic, Others, White.
- ER
The number of emergency room visits prior to the hospital stay associated with the readmission, an integer.
- DRG.Class
Diagnostic Related Group classification. There are three categories: MED (for medical), SURG (for surgical), UNGROUP.
- LOS
Length of hospital stay in days, an integer.
- Age
The patient's age in years, an integer. (Note that while most Medicare recipients are age 65 or older there are circumstances in which whose under 65 can receive benefits.)
- HCC.Riskscore
Hierarchical Condition Category risk score. It is designed to be an estimate of a patient's condition and prospective costs. It is a continuous variable, rounded to three decimal places. Higher numbers indicate greater risk.
- DRG.Complication
Complications, with five levels: MedicalMCC.CC, MecialNoc, Other, SurgMCC.CC, SurgNoC, MCC.CC complications or comorbidities that may be major. NoC means no complications or comorbidities.