- Jun 2024
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johol355.github.io johol355.github.io
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Descriptive analysis of the cohort of transferred NSICU patients
Love what you have done: Bayesian Inference is a good start, and I think a good fit for this work. I think you have a good justification for its implementation and it validity to explore your data, should give you at least a good overview of the work
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What are reasonable levels? Sending hospital, receiving hospital or diagnostic group? Or all of them in a nested structure?
the simplest answer is do all of it, but I would start without any sub grouping and see if these variables pop out; then work backwards (however that is just my preference and a case can be made that its wrong)
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ome hospitals will use fixed-wing transfers if HEMS is not available, and only rarely ground EMS. The level of care is similar/identical in fixed-wing transfers as it is in HEMS transfers. Should these hospitals be exluded.
nope I would keep them
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Should all hospitals be included? There are some sites that never use HEMS. Is it fair to include them? Is it more fair to exclude them?
this depends on the final manuscript and how you will write it up; short answer is I would probably exclude them to reduc confounders
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Should all DX be included?
I guess you have to ask why not? would this not just be interesting to see, particularly vs non transfer patients?
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My idea of the causal structure can be seen in the DAG below.
i think it looks good, you may want to connect weather to diagnosis (as they will be linked slightly)
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Descriptive analysis (as above essentially)
I think what you have done is great
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obviously adds a few cases,
Does it? I wonder if that is true, given your past work with the flight I would have thought fine it unlikely that both match. Though in the end you know best.
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only interfacility transfers with a road distance greater than 49 km are included.
more of just I would like to know, Why?
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ed to infer outgoing flights from primary hospitals to receiving tertiary hospitals
you may want to include that you reduce this to only inter-hospital flights
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Only the first such transfer for each patient is included.
Is it common to have 2 transfers?
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