create_subject_stay function

Create a fake subject stay

create_subject_stay is an internal function used by create_fake_subjectDB.

create_subject_stay(
  sID,
  fID,
  last_discharge_date = NULL,
  days_since_discharge = NULL,
  length_of_stay = NULL
)

Arguments

• sID: the subject ID
• fID: the facility ID
• last_discharge_date: the last discharge date
• days_since_discharge: the number of days since last discharge (default: max(0, rnorm(1, mean = 30, sd = 10)))
• length_of_stay: the length of stay (default: max(1, rnorm(1, mean = 5, sd = 3))

Returns

a one row data.table corresponding to the subject stay.