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      <img src="../logo.svg" class="logo" alt=""><h1>Determine (New) Episodes for Patients</h1>
      <small class="dont-index">Source: <a href="https://github.com/msberends/AMR/blob/HEAD/R/get_episode.R" class="external-link"><code>R/get_episode.R</code></a></small>
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    <div class="ref-description section level2">
    <p>These functions determine which items in a vector can be considered (the start of) a new episode, based on the argument <code>episode_days</code>. This can be used to determine clinical episodes for any epidemiological analysis. The <code>get_episode()</code> function returns the index number of the episode per group, while the <code>is_new_episode()</code> function returns <code>TRUE</code> for every new <code>get_episode()</code> index, and is thus equal to <code>!duplicated(get_episode(...))</code>.</p>
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    <div class="section level2">
    <h2 id="ref-usage">Usage<a class="anchor" aria-label="anchor" href="#ref-usage"></a></h2>
    <div class="sourceCode"><pre class="sourceCode r"><code><span><span class="fu">get_episode</span><span class="op">(</span><span class="va">x</span>, <span class="va">episode_days</span>, <span class="va">...</span><span class="op">)</span></span>
<span></span>
<span><span class="fu">is_new_episode</span><span class="op">(</span><span class="va">x</span>, <span class="va">episode_days</span>, <span class="va">...</span><span class="op">)</span></span></code></pre></div>
    </div>

    <div class="section level2">
    <h2 id="arguments">Arguments<a class="anchor" aria-label="anchor" href="#arguments"></a></h2>
    <dl><dt>x</dt>
<dd><p>vector of dates (class <code>Date</code> or <code>POSIXt</code>), will be sorted internally to determine episodes</p></dd>


<dt>episode_days</dt>
<dd><p>required episode length in days, can also be less than a day or <code>Inf</code>, see <em>Details</em></p></dd>


<dt>...</dt>
<dd><p>ignored, only in place to allow future extensions</p></dd>

</dl></div>
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    <h2 id="value">Value<a class="anchor" aria-label="anchor" href="#value"></a></h2>
    

<ul><li><p><code>get_episode()</code>: a <a href="https://rdrr.io/r/base/double.html" class="external-link">double</a> vector</p></li>
<li><p><code>is_new_episode()</code>: a <a href="https://rdrr.io/r/base/logical.html" class="external-link">logical</a> vector</p></li>
</ul></div>
    <div class="section level2">
    <h2 id="details">Details<a class="anchor" aria-label="anchor" href="#details"></a></h2>
    <p>Dates are first sorted from old to new. The oldest date will mark the start of the first episode. After this date, the next date will be marked that is at least <code>episode_days</code> days later than the start of the first episode. From that second marked date on, the next date will be marked that is at least <code>episode_days</code> days later than the start of the second episode which will be the start of the third episode, and so on. Before the vector is being returned, the original order will be restored.</p>
<p>The <code><a href="first_isolate.html">first_isolate()</a></code> function is a wrapper around the <code>is_new_episode()</code> function, but is more efficient for data sets containing microorganism codes or names and allows for different isolate selection methods.</p>
<p>The <code>dplyr</code> package is not required for these functions to work, but these episode functions do support <a href="https://dplyr.tidyverse.org/reference/group_by.html" class="external-link">variable grouping</a> and work conveniently inside <code>dplyr</code> verbs such as <code><a href="https://dplyr.tidyverse.org/reference/filter.html" class="external-link">filter()</a></code>, <code><a href="https://dplyr.tidyverse.org/reference/mutate.html" class="external-link">mutate()</a></code> and <code><a href="https://dplyr.tidyverse.org/reference/summarise.html" class="external-link">summarise()</a></code>.</p>
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    <h2 id="see-also">See also<a class="anchor" aria-label="anchor" href="#see-also"></a></h2>
    <div class="dont-index"><p><code><a href="first_isolate.html">first_isolate()</a></code></p></div>
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    <h2 id="ref-examples">Examples<a class="anchor" aria-label="anchor" href="#ref-examples"></a></h2>
    <div class="sourceCode"><pre class="sourceCode r"><code><span class="r-in"><span><span class="co"># `example_isolates` is a data set available in the AMR package.</span></span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span><span class="co"># See ?example_isolates</span></span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span><span class="va">df</span> <span class="op">&lt;-</span> <span class="va">example_isolates</span><span class="op">[</span><span class="fu"><a href="https://rdrr.io/r/base/sample.html" class="external-link">sample</a></span><span class="op">(</span><span class="fu"><a href="https://rdrr.io/r/base/seq.html" class="external-link">seq_len</a></span><span class="op">(</span><span class="fl">2000</span><span class="op">)</span>, size <span class="op">=</span> <span class="fl">100</span><span class="op">)</span>, <span class="op">]</span></span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span></span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span><span class="fu">get_episode</span><span class="op">(</span><span class="va">df</span><span class="op">$</span><span class="va">date</span>, episode_days <span class="op">=</span> <span class="fl">60</span><span class="op">)</span> <span class="co"># indices</span></span></span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span>   [1] 18 31 37 38 34 17 23 19 11 33 12 38 17  4 37  6 47 45  1 31 32 41 23 21 30</span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span>  [26]  7 45 43 44 42  6 45 11 42 21 40  9 31  4 26 11 21 19 18  1 36 37 23 41 43</span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span>  [51] 39 31 28 18  9 14 20  9 26  2  5 35 45 24 38 15 15  5 33 13 35 25 27 29 16</span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span>  [76] 13 47 15 10 45 27 21 32 34 39 18 48 20  3 22 44 17 19 41 40  8 28  7 46  3</span>
<span class="r-in"><span><span class="fu">is_new_episode</span><span class="op">(</span><span class="va">df</span><span class="op">$</span><span class="va">date</span>, episode_days <span class="op">=</span> <span class="fl">60</span><span class="op">)</span> <span class="co"># TRUE/FALSE</span></span></span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span>   [1]  TRUE  TRUE  TRUE  TRUE  TRUE  TRUE  TRUE  TRUE  TRUE  TRUE  TRUE FALSE</span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span>  [13] FALSE  TRUE FALSE  TRUE  TRUE  TRUE  TRUE FALSE  TRUE  TRUE FALSE  TRUE</span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span>  [25]  TRUE  TRUE FALSE  TRUE  TRUE  TRUE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE  TRUE</span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span>  [37]  TRUE FALSE FALSE  TRUE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE  TRUE FALSE FALSE</span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span>  [49] FALSE FALSE  TRUE FALSE  TRUE FALSE FALSE  TRUE  TRUE FALSE FALSE  TRUE</span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span>  [61]  TRUE  TRUE FALSE  TRUE FALSE  TRUE FALSE FALSE FALSE  TRUE FALSE  TRUE</span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span>  [73]  TRUE  TRUE  TRUE FALSE FALSE FALSE  TRUE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE</span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span>  [85] FALSE FALSE  TRUE FALSE  TRUE  TRUE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE  TRUE</span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span>  [97] FALSE FALSE  TRUE FALSE</span>
<span class="r-in"><span></span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span><span class="co"># filter on results from the third 60-day episode only, using base R</span></span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span><span class="va">df</span><span class="op">[</span><span class="fu"><a href="https://rdrr.io/r/base/which.html" class="external-link">which</a></span><span class="op">(</span><span class="fu">get_episode</span><span class="op">(</span><span class="va">df</span><span class="op">$</span><span class="va">date</span>, <span class="fl">60</span><span class="op">)</span> <span class="op">==</span> <span class="fl">3</span><span class="op">)</span>, <span class="op">]</span></span></span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span> <span style="color: #949494;"># A tibble: 2 × 46</span></span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span>   date       patient   age gender ward     mo           PEN   OXA   FLC   AMX  </span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span>   <span style="color: #949494; font-style: italic;">&lt;date&gt;</span>     <span style="color: #949494; font-style: italic;">&lt;chr&gt;</span>   <span style="color: #949494; font-style: italic;">&lt;dbl&gt;</span> <span style="color: #949494; font-style: italic;">&lt;chr&gt;</span>  <span style="color: #949494; font-style: italic;">&lt;chr&gt;</span>    <span style="color: #949494; font-style: italic;">&lt;mo&gt;</span>         <span style="color: #949494; font-style: italic;">&lt;sir&gt;</span> <span style="color: #949494; font-style: italic;">&lt;sir&gt;</span> <span style="color: #949494; font-style: italic;">&lt;sir&gt;</span> <span style="color: #949494; font-style: italic;">&lt;sir&gt;</span></span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span> <span style="color: #BCBCBC;">1</span> 2003-01-25 088256     73 F      ICU      B_STPHY_CONS R     NA    R     R    </span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span> <span style="color: #BCBCBC;">2</span> 2003-03-18 889500     61 M      Clinical B_STPHY_CONS R     NA    R     R    </span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span> <span style="color: #949494;"># … with 36 more variables: AMC &lt;sir&gt;, AMP &lt;sir&gt;, TZP &lt;sir&gt;, CZO &lt;sir&gt;,</span></span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span> <span style="color: #949494;">#   FEP &lt;sir&gt;, CXM &lt;sir&gt;, FOX &lt;sir&gt;, CTX &lt;sir&gt;, CAZ &lt;sir&gt;, CRO &lt;sir&gt;,</span></span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span> <span style="color: #949494;">#   GEN &lt;sir&gt;, TOB &lt;sir&gt;, AMK &lt;sir&gt;, KAN &lt;sir&gt;, TMP &lt;sir&gt;, SXT &lt;sir&gt;,</span></span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span> <span style="color: #949494;">#   NIT &lt;sir&gt;, FOS &lt;sir&gt;, LNZ &lt;sir&gt;, CIP &lt;sir&gt;, MFX &lt;sir&gt;, VAN &lt;sir&gt;,</span></span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span> <span style="color: #949494;">#   TEC &lt;sir&gt;, TCY &lt;sir&gt;, TGC &lt;sir&gt;, DOX &lt;sir&gt;, ERY &lt;sir&gt;, CLI &lt;sir&gt;,</span></span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span> <span style="color: #949494;">#   AZM &lt;sir&gt;, IPM &lt;sir&gt;, MEM &lt;sir&gt;, MTR &lt;sir&gt;, CHL &lt;sir&gt;, COL &lt;sir&gt;,</span></span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span> <span style="color: #949494;">#   MUP &lt;sir&gt;, RIF &lt;sir&gt;</span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span></span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span><span class="co"># the functions also work for less than a day, e.g. to include one per hour:</span></span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span><span class="fu">get_episode</span><span class="op">(</span><span class="fu"><a href="https://rdrr.io/r/base/c.html" class="external-link">c</a></span><span class="op">(</span><span class="fu"><a href="https://rdrr.io/r/base/Sys.time.html" class="external-link">Sys.time</a></span><span class="op">(</span><span class="op">)</span>,</span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span>              <span class="fu"><a href="https://rdrr.io/r/base/Sys.time.html" class="external-link">Sys.time</a></span><span class="op">(</span><span class="op">)</span> <span class="op">+</span> <span class="fl">60</span> <span class="op">*</span> <span class="fl">60</span><span class="op">)</span>,</span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span>            episode_days <span class="op">=</span> <span class="fl">1</span> <span class="op">/</span> <span class="fl">24</span><span class="op">)</span></span></span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span> [1] 1 2</span>
<span class="r-in"><span></span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span><span class="co"># \donttest{</span></span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span><span class="kw">if</span> <span class="op">(</span><span class="kw"><a href="https://rdrr.io/r/base/library.html" class="external-link">require</a></span><span class="op">(</span><span class="st"><a href="https://dplyr.tidyverse.org" class="external-link">"dplyr"</a></span><span class="op">)</span><span class="op">)</span> <span class="op">{</span></span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span>  <span class="co"># is_new_episode() can also be used in dplyr verbs to determine patient</span></span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span>  <span class="co"># episodes based on any (combination of) grouping variables:</span></span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span>  <span class="va">df</span> <span class="op"><a href="https://magrittr.tidyverse.org/reference/pipe.html" class="external-link">%&gt;%</a></span></span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span>    <span class="fu"><a href="https://dplyr.tidyverse.org/reference/mutate.html" class="external-link">mutate</a></span><span class="op">(</span>condition <span class="op">=</span> <span class="fu"><a href="https://rdrr.io/r/base/sample.html" class="external-link">sample</a></span><span class="op">(</span></span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span>      x <span class="op">=</span> <span class="fu"><a href="https://rdrr.io/r/base/c.html" class="external-link">c</a></span><span class="op">(</span><span class="st">"A"</span>, <span class="st">"B"</span>, <span class="st">"C"</span><span class="op">)</span>,</span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span>      size <span class="op">=</span> <span class="fl">200</span>,</span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span>      replace <span class="op">=</span> <span class="cn">TRUE</span></span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span>    <span class="op">)</span><span class="op">)</span> <span class="op"><a href="https://magrittr.tidyverse.org/reference/pipe.html" class="external-link">%&gt;%</a></span></span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span>    <span class="fu"><a href="https://dplyr.tidyverse.org/reference/group_by.html" class="external-link">group_by</a></span><span class="op">(</span><span class="va">condition</span><span class="op">)</span> <span class="op"><a href="https://magrittr.tidyverse.org/reference/pipe.html" class="external-link">%&gt;%</a></span></span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span>    <span class="fu"><a href="https://dplyr.tidyverse.org/reference/mutate.html" class="external-link">mutate</a></span><span class="op">(</span>new_episode <span class="op">=</span> <span class="fu">is_new_episode</span><span class="op">(</span><span class="va">date</span>, <span class="fl">365</span><span class="op">)</span><span class="op">)</span> <span class="op"><a href="https://magrittr.tidyverse.org/reference/pipe.html" class="external-link">%&gt;%</a></span></span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span>    <span class="fu"><a href="https://dplyr.tidyverse.org/reference/select.html" class="external-link">select</a></span><span class="op">(</span><span class="va">patient</span>, <span class="va">date</span>, <span class="va">condition</span>, <span class="va">new_episode</span><span class="op">)</span></span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span><span class="op">}</span></span></span>
<span class="r-err co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span> <span class="error">Error in mutate(., condition = sample(x = c("A", "B", "C"), size = 200,     replace = TRUE)):</span> <span style="color: #00BBBB;">ℹ</span> In argument: `condition = sample(x = c("A", "B", "C"), size = 200,</span>
<span class="r-err co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span>   replace = TRUE)`.</span>
<span class="r-err co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Caused by error:</span></span>
<span class="r-err co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span> <span style="color: #BBBB00;">!</span> `condition` must be size 100 or 1, not 200.</span>
<span class="r-in"><span></span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span><span class="kw">if</span> <span class="op">(</span><span class="kw"><a href="https://rdrr.io/r/base/library.html" class="external-link">require</a></span><span class="op">(</span><span class="st"><a href="https://dplyr.tidyverse.org" class="external-link">"dplyr"</a></span><span class="op">)</span><span class="op">)</span> <span class="op">{</span></span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span>  <span class="va">df</span> <span class="op"><a href="https://magrittr.tidyverse.org/reference/pipe.html" class="external-link">%&gt;%</a></span></span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span>    <span class="fu"><a href="https://dplyr.tidyverse.org/reference/group_by.html" class="external-link">group_by</a></span><span class="op">(</span><span class="va">ward</span>, <span class="va">patient</span><span class="op">)</span> <span class="op"><a href="https://magrittr.tidyverse.org/reference/pipe.html" class="external-link">%&gt;%</a></span></span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span>    <span class="fu"><a href="https://dplyr.tidyverse.org/reference/transmute.html" class="external-link">transmute</a></span><span class="op">(</span><span class="va">date</span>,</span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span>      <span class="va">patient</span>,</span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span>      new_index <span class="op">=</span> <span class="fu">get_episode</span><span class="op">(</span><span class="va">date</span>, <span class="fl">60</span><span class="op">)</span>,</span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span>      new_logical <span class="op">=</span> <span class="fu">is_new_episode</span><span class="op">(</span><span class="va">date</span>, <span class="fl">60</span><span class="op">)</span></span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span>    <span class="op">)</span> <span class="op"><a href="https://magrittr.tidyverse.org/reference/pipe.html" class="external-link">%&gt;%</a></span> </span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span>    <span class="fu"><a href="https://dplyr.tidyverse.org/reference/arrange.html" class="external-link">arrange</a></span><span class="op">(</span><span class="va">patient</span>, <span class="va">ward</span>, <span class="va">date</span><span class="op">)</span></span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span><span class="op">}</span></span></span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span> <span style="color: #949494;"># A tibble: 100 × 5</span></span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span> <span style="color: #949494;"># Groups:   ward, patient [95]</span></span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span>    ward     date       patient new_index new_logical</span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span>    <span style="color: #949494; font-style: italic;">&lt;chr&gt;</span>    <span style="color: #949494; font-style: italic;">&lt;date&gt;</span>     <span style="color: #949494; font-style: italic;">&lt;chr&gt;</span>       <span style="color: #949494; font-style: italic;">&lt;dbl&gt;</span> <span style="color: #949494; font-style: italic;">&lt;lgl&gt;</span>      </span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span> <span style="color: #BCBCBC;"> 1</span> Clinical 2007-08-22 005088          1 TRUE       </span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span> <span style="color: #BCBCBC;"> 2</span> Clinical 2009-07-24 006827          1 TRUE       </span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span> <span style="color: #BCBCBC;"> 3</span> Clinical 2012-11-24 023456          1 TRUE       </span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span> <span style="color: #BCBCBC;"> 4</span> Clinical 2013-10-30 066601          1 TRUE       </span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span> <span style="color: #BCBCBC;"> 5</span> ICU      2014-06-28 078381          1 TRUE       </span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span> <span style="color: #BCBCBC;"> 6</span> ICU      2002-06-04 082413          1 TRUE       </span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span> <span style="color: #BCBCBC;"> 7</span> ICU      2014-02-08 082622          1 TRUE       </span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span> <span style="color: #BCBCBC;"> 8</span> ICU      2003-01-25 088256          1 TRUE       </span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span> <span style="color: #BCBCBC;"> 9</span> Clinical 2008-07-22 0E2483          1 TRUE       </span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span> <span style="color: #BCBCBC;">10</span> ICU      2007-08-10 0E2483          1 TRUE       </span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span> <span style="color: #949494;"># … with 90 more rows</span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span></span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span><span class="kw">if</span> <span class="op">(</span><span class="kw"><a href="https://rdrr.io/r/base/library.html" class="external-link">require</a></span><span class="op">(</span><span class="st"><a href="https://dplyr.tidyverse.org" class="external-link">"dplyr"</a></span><span class="op">)</span><span class="op">)</span> <span class="op">{</span></span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span>  <span class="va">df</span> <span class="op"><a href="https://magrittr.tidyverse.org/reference/pipe.html" class="external-link">%&gt;%</a></span></span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span>    <span class="fu"><a href="https://dplyr.tidyverse.org/reference/group_by.html" class="external-link">group_by</a></span><span class="op">(</span><span class="va">ward</span><span class="op">)</span> <span class="op"><a href="https://magrittr.tidyverse.org/reference/pipe.html" class="external-link">%&gt;%</a></span></span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span>    <span class="fu"><a href="https://dplyr.tidyverse.org/reference/summarise.html" class="external-link">summarise</a></span><span class="op">(</span></span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span>      n_patients <span class="op">=</span> <span class="fu"><a href="https://dplyr.tidyverse.org/reference/n_distinct.html" class="external-link">n_distinct</a></span><span class="op">(</span><span class="va">patient</span><span class="op">)</span>,</span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span>      n_episodes_365 <span class="op">=</span> <span class="fu"><a href="https://rdrr.io/r/base/sum.html" class="external-link">sum</a></span><span class="op">(</span><span class="fu">is_new_episode</span><span class="op">(</span><span class="va">date</span>, episode_days <span class="op">=</span> <span class="fl">365</span><span class="op">)</span><span class="op">)</span>,</span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span>      n_episodes_60 <span class="op">=</span> <span class="fu"><a href="https://rdrr.io/r/base/sum.html" class="external-link">sum</a></span><span class="op">(</span><span class="fu">is_new_episode</span><span class="op">(</span><span class="va">date</span>, episode_days <span class="op">=</span> <span class="fl">60</span><span class="op">)</span><span class="op">)</span>,</span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span>      n_episodes_30 <span class="op">=</span> <span class="fu"><a href="https://rdrr.io/r/base/sum.html" class="external-link">sum</a></span><span class="op">(</span><span class="fu">is_new_episode</span><span class="op">(</span><span class="va">date</span>, episode_days <span class="op">=</span> <span class="fl">30</span><span class="op">)</span><span class="op">)</span></span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span>    <span class="op">)</span></span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span><span class="op">}</span></span></span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span> <span style="color: #949494;"># A tibble: 3 × 5</span></span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span>   ward       n_patients n_episodes_365 n_episodes_60 n_episodes_30</span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span>   <span style="color: #949494; font-style: italic;">&lt;chr&gt;</span>           <span style="color: #949494; font-style: italic;">&lt;int&gt;</span>          <span style="color: #949494; font-style: italic;">&lt;int&gt;</span>         <span style="color: #949494; font-style: italic;">&lt;int&gt;</span>         <span style="color: #949494; font-style: italic;">&lt;int&gt;</span></span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span> <span style="color: #BCBCBC;">1</span> Clinical           54             13            34            44</span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span> <span style="color: #BCBCBC;">2</span> ICU                34              9            24            28</span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span> <span style="color: #BCBCBC;">3</span> Outpatient          7              5             7             7</span>
<span class="r-in"><span></span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span><span class="co"># grouping on patients and microorganisms leads to the same</span></span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span><span class="co"># results as first_isolate() when using 'episode-based':</span></span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span><span class="kw">if</span> <span class="op">(</span><span class="kw"><a href="https://rdrr.io/r/base/library.html" class="external-link">require</a></span><span class="op">(</span><span class="st"><a href="https://dplyr.tidyverse.org" class="external-link">"dplyr"</a></span><span class="op">)</span><span class="op">)</span> <span class="op">{</span></span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span>  <span class="va">x</span> <span class="op">&lt;-</span> <span class="va">df</span> <span class="op"><a href="https://magrittr.tidyverse.org/reference/pipe.html" class="external-link">%&gt;%</a></span></span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span>    <span class="fu"><a href="first_isolate.html">filter_first_isolate</a></span><span class="op">(</span></span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span>      include_unknown <span class="op">=</span> <span class="cn">TRUE</span>,</span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span>      method <span class="op">=</span> <span class="st">"episode-based"</span></span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span>    <span class="op">)</span></span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span></span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span>  <span class="va">y</span> <span class="op">&lt;-</span> <span class="va">df</span> <span class="op"><a href="https://magrittr.tidyverse.org/reference/pipe.html" class="external-link">%&gt;%</a></span></span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span>    <span class="fu"><a href="https://dplyr.tidyverse.org/reference/group_by.html" class="external-link">group_by</a></span><span class="op">(</span><span class="va">patient</span>, <span class="va">mo</span><span class="op">)</span> <span class="op"><a href="https://magrittr.tidyverse.org/reference/pipe.html" class="external-link">%&gt;%</a></span></span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span>    <span class="fu"><a href="https://dplyr.tidyverse.org/reference/filter.html" class="external-link">filter</a></span><span class="op">(</span><span class="fu">is_new_episode</span><span class="op">(</span><span class="va">date</span>, <span class="fl">365</span><span class="op">)</span><span class="op">)</span> <span class="op"><a href="https://magrittr.tidyverse.org/reference/pipe.html" class="external-link">%&gt;%</a></span></span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span>    <span class="fu"><a href="https://dplyr.tidyverse.org/reference/group_by.html" class="external-link">ungroup</a></span><span class="op">(</span><span class="op">)</span></span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span></span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span>  <span class="fu"><a href="https://rdrr.io/r/base/identical.html" class="external-link">identical</a></span><span class="op">(</span><span class="va">x</span>, <span class="va">y</span><span class="op">)</span></span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span><span class="op">}</span></span></span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span> [1] TRUE</span>
<span class="r-in"><span></span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span><span class="co"># but is_new_episode() has a lot more flexibility than first_isolate(),</span></span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span><span class="co"># since you can now group on anything that seems relevant:</span></span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span><span class="kw">if</span> <span class="op">(</span><span class="kw"><a href="https://rdrr.io/r/base/library.html" class="external-link">require</a></span><span class="op">(</span><span class="st"><a href="https://dplyr.tidyverse.org" class="external-link">"dplyr"</a></span><span class="op">)</span><span class="op">)</span> <span class="op">{</span></span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span>  </span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span>  <span class="va">df</span> <span class="op"><a href="https://magrittr.tidyverse.org/reference/pipe.html" class="external-link">%&gt;%</a></span></span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span>    <span class="fu"><a href="https://dplyr.tidyverse.org/reference/group_by.html" class="external-link">group_by</a></span><span class="op">(</span><span class="va">patient</span>, <span class="va">mo</span>, <span class="va">ward</span><span class="op">)</span> <span class="op"><a href="https://magrittr.tidyverse.org/reference/pipe.html" class="external-link">%&gt;%</a></span></span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span>    <span class="fu"><a href="https://dplyr.tidyverse.org/reference/mutate.html" class="external-link">mutate</a></span><span class="op">(</span>flag_episode <span class="op">=</span> <span class="fu">is_new_episode</span><span class="op">(</span><span class="va">date</span>, <span class="fl">365</span><span class="op">)</span><span class="op">)</span> <span class="op"><a href="https://magrittr.tidyverse.org/reference/pipe.html" class="external-link">%&gt;%</a></span></span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span>    <span class="fu"><a href="https://dplyr.tidyverse.org/reference/select.html" class="external-link">select</a></span><span class="op">(</span><span class="fu"><a href="https://dplyr.tidyverse.org/reference/group_data.html" class="external-link">group_vars</a></span><span class="op">(</span><span class="va">.</span><span class="op">)</span>, <span class="va">flag_episode</span><span class="op">)</span></span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span><span class="op">}</span></span></span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span> <span style="color: #949494;"># A tibble: 100 × 4</span></span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span> <span style="color: #949494;"># Groups:   patient, mo, ward [97]</span></span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span>    patient mo           ward       flag_episode</span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span>    <span style="color: #949494; font-style: italic;">&lt;chr&gt;</span>   <span style="color: #949494; font-style: italic;">&lt;mo&gt;</span>         <span style="color: #949494; font-style: italic;">&lt;chr&gt;</span>      <span style="color: #949494; font-style: italic;">&lt;lgl&gt;</span>       </span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span> <span style="color: #BCBCBC;"> 1</span> A66134  B_STPHY_AURS Outpatient TRUE        </span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span> <span style="color: #BCBCBC;"> 2</span> 824233  B_STPHY_AURS Clinical   TRUE        </span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span> <span style="color: #BCBCBC;"> 3</span> 078381  B_STPHY_EPDR ICU        TRUE        </span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span> <span style="color: #BCBCBC;"> 4</span> 483195  B_STPHY_HMNS Clinical   TRUE        </span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span> <span style="color: #BCBCBC;"> 5</span> B33776  B_ACNTB      Clinical   TRUE        </span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span> <span style="color: #BCBCBC;"> 6</span> 851259  B_STRPT_PNMN Clinical   TRUE        </span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span> <span style="color: #BCBCBC;"> 7</span> 6F0804  B_STRPT_PNMN Clinical   TRUE        </span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span> <span style="color: #BCBCBC;"> 8</span> 122506  B_STPHY_AURS Clinical   TRUE        </span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span> <span style="color: #BCBCBC;"> 9</span> 904485  B_STRPT      ICU        TRUE        </span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span> <span style="color: #BCBCBC;">10</span> 695956  B_STRPT_PNMN Outpatient TRUE        </span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span> <span style="color: #949494;"># … with 90 more rows</span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span><span class="co"># }</span></span></span>
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