This is used to refine readmission; readmission should only be defined as emergent admission after the index procedure. This helps exclude any planned visit after the index surgery. Only need to rerun if MedPAR original data has changed or added new MedPAR year data

emergent_merpar_claim_ids_all_year(
  std_data_root = wd$std_data_root,
  fac_clm_folder = "fac_clm"
)

Arguments

std_data_root

data path to the standardized data folder

fac_clm_folder

facility claim file folder name

Value