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Calculate total length of stay

Source: R/calculate_stay.R
calculate_stay.Rd

Calculate the total length of stay between start_date and end_date. If the end_date is missing then use the dummy discharge date.

Usage

calculate_stay(year, start_date, end_date, sc_qtr = NULL)

Arguments

year

The financial year in '1920' format

start_date

The admission/start date variable. e.g. record_keydate1

end_date

The discharge/end date variable. e.g. record_keydate2

sc_qtr

The latest submitted quarter. e.g. sc_latest_submission

Value

a tibble with additional variable stay. If there is no end date use dummy discharge to calculate the total length of stay. If there is no end date but sc_qtr is supplied then set this to the end of the quarter. If quarter end_date < start_date and sc_qtr is supplied then set this to the end of the next quarter.

See also

Other date functions: compute_mid_year_age(), convert_date_to_numeric(), convert_numeric_to_date(), end_fy(), end_fy_quarter(), end_next_fy_quarter(), fy_interval(), is_date_in_fyyear(), last_date_month(), midpoint_fy(), next_fy(), start_fy(), start_fy_quarter(), start_next_fy_quarter()