Assignment #3 – Using SPSS to Analyze Health Data

Question Description

*Must be knowledgable using SPSS system

*Must have SPSS system downloaded on to their computer – work is to be done there

*Answers to questions below should be on a separate word doc

*Further instructions for assignment will be posted on here as well as attached as documents – with their referring docs.

Read the directions for each question carefully.

1. Using the “disp” variable, answer the following questions:

a. What percent of all patients was discharged to another department within the hospital?

b. What percent of all patients was discharged to another hospital?

HINT: You will need to recode the “disp” variable.

2. What percent of patients had a payer category of traditional coverage? (Recode “pay_type” to make the value “0” missing.)

3. Recode the variable “charges” so that charges of “0” and “1” are made system missing; all other charges should remain the same. Name this variable “NewChg.” Run frequencies on both the original and new charges variables. Paste the “Statistics” table (do NOT paste the frequency tables) showing the number of valid and missing cases for the old and new variables into your homework. (No sentence required.)

4. Is there a difference in charges (use the “NewChg” variable) between Orange, San Bernadino, and San Diego Counties?

5. Using the new variable for length of stay (NewLOS), is there a difference in total length of stay between patients in Los Angeles and Orange Counties? (Before running this analysis, recode the variable “los” so that length of stay [los] of “0” equals 1; name this variable “NewLOS.” All other “los” should remain the same.)

6. Using all cases, is there a relationship between age (in years), charges, and length of stay? Use the variables age_years, NewLOS, and NewChg.

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