1 Data description

Patient discharges from short-stay hospitals

Description

The data comprise the numbers of discharges for 393 short-stay hospitals during January 1968.

Format

This data frame contains the following columns:

  • beds - number of beds
  • discharges - number of discharges during January 1968
  • region - unspecified geographical region

Source

J. A. Rice (1985). Mathematical Statistics and Data Analysis (2nd Edition), p186. Belmont, California: Duxbury Press.

2 Loading the data

To load the data, either load it from the durham data library using the data function, or copy and paste the code below into the R Console.

hospital <- data.frame(
  beds=c(10,16,20,24,25,26,30,34,38,40,43,50,50,57,62,64,67,69,70,73,81,91,96,100,100,103,110,111,116,120,122,127,130,137,142,145,150,154,160,163,170,180,184,192,200,206,214,224,228,233,241,247,252,257,263,268,273,276,284,289,297,303,307,310,322,327,388,347,352,359,365,370,378,390,400,408,418,437,450,467,474,490,498,506,523,534,541,550,558,577,591,606,635,670,719,816,838,918,986,14,18,20,25,25,27,30,35,38,40,47,50,50,59,62,64,67,69,70,74,86,95,98,100,100,104,110,111,118,120,123,128,134,138,143,145,151,155,160,165,175,180,185,193,204,207,214,225,229,235,242,247,254,260,264,269,275,279,285,291,300,304,308,312,324,330,339,347,354,361,366,373,380,391,400,411,419,437,451,469,478,492,500,509,524,536,543,550,562,579,592,613,650,684,760,817,857,936,15,19,20,25,25,28,32,35,39,41,48,50,56,61,63,65,67,70,70,80,88,95,99,100,102,106,110,111,119,120,125,128,135,139,144,145,151,156,160,169,178,181,187,195,204,207,224,227,229,235,244,248,255,261,265,269,275,279,286,295,300,307,309,313,325,330,340,348,357,365,367,374,385,393,400,411,422,438,461,470,479,493,500,510,524,538,543,551,566,583,600,625,652,712,774,829,860,937,15,19,24,25,26,29,32,37,40,43,49,50,57,61,63,65,68,70,70,80,90,96,100,100,102,108,110,113,119,121,126,129,135,141,145,150,152,159,161,170,180,184,188,196,205,210,224,227,231,235,244,252,256,261,268,270,275,282,287,297,302,307,310,318,327,332,340,350,358,365,368,374,386,394,401,417,425,445,463,472,480,496,505,517,530,540,549,556,573,584,606,631,658,712,785,830,904,957), 
  discharges=c(57,35,23,120,92,98,118,66,95,87,141,260,229,247,91,240,255,233,315,200,266,120,228,362,414,518,389,273,440,431,534,535,426,505,322,475,621,486,637,690,665,479,652,625,695,703,918,558,955,684,610,1084,995,974,811,773,956,852,456,233,539,715,935,1226,876,946,1425,1166,1098,1029,1766,1156,896,1373,2190,1719,1040,1632,1705,1665,1258,1390,1657,1527,1232,2034,1376,986,1152,1509,999,1218,1606,1707,2058,1239,2135,1678,2268,64,56,90,36,64,89,79,100,78,121,174,186,194,297,182,225,321,253,233,297,270,243,308,383,265,309,439,498,134,373,416,323,381,592,384,337,376,467,590,360,592,531,635,504,697,814,726,1186,1175,669,601,1028,956,1076,1009,884,1201,754,1007,824,778,1036,1031,912,1232,471,885,906,876,889,1225,787,1009,1389,1219,989,1315,1346,1584,1012,1835,1126,1785,2031,1350,1418,1093,1287,2116,1415,1648,1463,1620,1504,1283,1706,1624,1394,41,42,22,49,103,85,52,75,153,213,81,296,115,308,242,239,215,209,258,297,310,243,346,318,227,311,368,95,345,414,231,557,411,244,453,283,543,778,402,662,446,573,1011,744,670,726,590,410,439,629,858,928,1160,788,609,887,1063,861,941,764,557,1153,985,1016,1049,872,1133,1219,915,966,1453,1137,1150,926,1095,808,1089,1370,1948,1322,1534,1355,1744,2051,1805,1522,1780,1645,1828,1583,2154,2240,2150,1893,2844,2766,2818,1894,76,48,170,14,100,109,125,108,124,210,173,87,220,58,222,231,259,216,244,301,326,377,444,373,371,327,298,594,360,467,427,707,362,355,828,470,538,487,611,689,84,481,713,586,622,670,587,732,931,925,490,810,705,795,1106,951,632,767,1097,842,958,855,1042,944,1210,1400,1097,1173,976,956,1413,1231,1272,1060,1634,1369,1347,1105,1617,1239,1149,1301,1669,834,1420,1386,1547,1478,1789,1326,1785,1684,1376,2089,2171,1715,2700,1765), 
  region=factor(c(1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4))
)