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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/episode.R" class="external-link"><code>R/episode.R</code></a></small>
      <div class="d-none name"><code>get_episode.Rd</code></div>
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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 values <code>TRUE</code>/<code>FALSE</code> to indicate whether an item in a vector is the start of a new episode.</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>
    <div class="section level2">
    <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 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>
    </div>

    <div class="section level2">
    <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">200</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">$</span><span class="va">date</span>, episode_days <span class="op">=</span> <span class="fl">60</span><span class="op">)</span> <span class="co"># indices</span></span></span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span>   [1] 47 45  6  9 11 46 58 56 41  8  8 12 56  4  3 54 46 19 57 60 31 23 20 29  5</span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span>  [26]  3 44  5  1 28 40 49  6 37 51 23 53 53 41 34 34 14 21 55 32 39 57 15  4 28</span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span>  [51] 15  9 56 42 28 13 55 36 27 34 34 31 60 59 22 51 36 19 30 41 12 60 21  7  2</span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span>  [76] 41 41 51 50  2  6 16  7 25 52  8 59 30 51 50 40 29 15 22 13 27 53 33 51 49</span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span> [101] 38 35 16 19  1  8 18  9 43 56 10 37 35 36  5 14 55 56 37  1 26 30 58 29 49</span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span> [126] 49 43 53 51 27 55 44 22 60 60 51 23 33 26 48 20 17 35 42 35 19 19 19 21 52</span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span> [151] 32 46 35 45 55 27 13 33 19 57 57 57 26 15 11 10 33 46 25 12 55 45 18 41 58</span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span> [176] 42 17 31 29 58 55 49 53 51 24 14 35 16 11 58 25 51 15 15 22 16 51 46 37 53</span>
<span class="r-in"><span><span class="fu">is_new_episode</span><span class="op">(</span><span class="va">df</span><span class="op">$</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 FALSE FALSE  TRUE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE  TRUE  TRUE</span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span>  [13] FALSE FALSE FALSE  TRUE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE  TRUE FALSE</span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span>  [25] FALSE  TRUE FALSE  TRUE  TRUE FALSE  TRUE FALSE  TRUE FALSE FALSE  TRUE</span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span>  [37] FALSE FALSE FALSE  TRUE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE  TRUE  TRUE  TRUE FALSE</span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span>  [49]  TRUE  TRUE FALSE FALSE FALSE  TRUE FALSE  TRUE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE</span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span>  [61] FALSE  TRUE FALSE  TRUE  TRUE FALSE FALSE  TRUE  TRUE FALSE FALSE  TRUE</span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span>  [73]  TRUE FALSE  TRUE FALSE  TRUE FALSE  TRUE FALSE FALSE FALSE  TRUE FALSE</span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span>  [85]  TRUE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE  TRUE  TRUE FALSE FALSE FALSE</span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span>  [97] FALSE  TRUE FALSE FALSE  TRUE FALSE  TRUE FALSE FALSE FALSE  TRUE FALSE</span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span> [109]  TRUE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE  TRUE FALSE  TRUE  TRUE  TRUE  TRUE FALSE</span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span> [121] FALSE FALSE  TRUE FALSE  TRUE FALSE FALSE  TRUE  TRUE  TRUE FALSE  TRUE</span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span> [133] FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE  TRUE FALSE  TRUE FALSE FALSE</span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span> [145]  TRUE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE</span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span> [157] FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE  TRUE FALSE  TRUE  TRUE FALSE FALSE</span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span> [169] FALSE FALSE FALSE  TRUE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE</span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span> [181] FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE  TRUE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE  TRUE FALSE</span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span> [193] FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE  TRUE FALSE 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;rsi&gt;</span> <span style="color: #949494; font-style: italic;">&lt;rsi&gt;</span> <span style="color: #949494; font-style: italic;">&lt;rsi&gt;</span> <span style="color: #949494; font-style: italic;">&lt;rsi&gt;</span></span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span> <span style="color: #BCBCBC;">1</span> 2002-08-19 A49852     70 M      Clinical B_ESCHR_COLI R     NA    NA    NA   </span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span> <span style="color: #BCBCBC;">2</span> 2002-07-21 955940     82 F      Clinical B_PSDMN_AERG R     NA    NA    R    </span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span> <span style="color: #949494;"># … with 36 more variables: AMC &lt;rsi&gt;, AMP &lt;rsi&gt;, TZP &lt;rsi&gt;, CZO &lt;rsi&gt;,</span></span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span> <span style="color: #949494;">#   FEP &lt;rsi&gt;, CXM &lt;rsi&gt;, FOX &lt;rsi&gt;, CTX &lt;rsi&gt;, CAZ &lt;rsi&gt;, CRO &lt;rsi&gt;,</span></span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span> <span style="color: #949494;">#   GEN &lt;rsi&gt;, TOB &lt;rsi&gt;, AMK &lt;rsi&gt;, KAN &lt;rsi&gt;, TMP &lt;rsi&gt;, SXT &lt;rsi&gt;,</span></span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span> <span style="color: #949494;">#   NIT &lt;rsi&gt;, FOS &lt;rsi&gt;, LNZ &lt;rsi&gt;, CIP &lt;rsi&gt;, MFX &lt;rsi&gt;, VAN &lt;rsi&gt;,</span></span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span> <span style="color: #949494;">#   TEC &lt;rsi&gt;, TCY &lt;rsi&gt;, TGC &lt;rsi&gt;, DOX &lt;rsi&gt;, ERY &lt;rsi&gt;, CLI &lt;rsi&gt;,</span></span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span> <span style="color: #949494;">#   AZM &lt;rsi&gt;, IPM &lt;rsi&gt;, MEM &lt;rsi&gt;, MTR &lt;rsi&gt;, CHL &lt;rsi&gt;, COL &lt;rsi&gt;,</span></span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span> <span style="color: #949494;">#   MUP &lt;rsi&gt;, RIF &lt;rsi&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></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></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></span>
<span class="r-in"><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></span>
<span class="r-in"><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-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span> <span style="color: #949494;"># A tibble: 200 × 4</span></span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span> <span style="color: #949494;"># Groups:   condition [3]</span></span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span>    patient date       condition new_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;date&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> 8F77B2  2014-02-20 B         FALSE      </span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span> <span style="color: #BCBCBC;"> 2</span> 545388  2013-07-29 B         FALSE      </span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span> <span style="color: #BCBCBC;"> 3</span> 6BC362  2003-04-25 B         FALSE      </span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span> <span style="color: #BCBCBC;"> 4</span> C58921  2004-01-01 C         TRUE       </span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span> <span style="color: #BCBCBC;"> 5</span> 4B6270  2004-07-01 A         FALSE      </span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span> <span style="color: #BCBCBC;"> 6</span> A97263  2013-11-23 C         TRUE       </span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span> <span style="color: #BCBCBC;"> 7</span> 871020  2017-07-20 A         FALSE      </span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span> <span style="color: #BCBCBC;"> 8</span> 976997  2017-03-02 C         FALSE      </span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span> <span style="color: #BCBCBC;"> 9</span> 223705  2012-07-20 A         FALSE      </span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span> <span style="color: #BCBCBC;">10</span> 739C43  2003-09-26 A         FALSE      </span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span> <span style="color: #949494;"># … with 190 more rows</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/mutate.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></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: 200 × 5</span></span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span> <span style="color: #949494;"># Groups:   ward, patient [184]</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 2014-02-20 8F77B2          1 TRUE       </span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span> <span style="color: #BCBCBC;"> 2</span> Clinical 2013-07-29 545388          1 TRUE       </span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span> <span style="color: #BCBCBC;"> 3</span> ICU      2003-04-25 6BC362          1 TRUE       </span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span> <span style="color: #BCBCBC;"> 4</span> Clinical 2004-01-01 C58921          1 TRUE       </span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span> <span style="color: #BCBCBC;"> 5</span> Clinical 2004-07-01 4B6270          1 TRUE       </span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span> <span style="color: #BCBCBC;"> 6</span> Clinical 2013-11-23 A97263          1 TRUE       </span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span> <span style="color: #BCBCBC;"> 7</span> Clinical 2017-07-20 871020          1 TRUE       </span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span> <span style="color: #BCBCBC;"> 8</span> Clinical 2017-03-02 976997          1 TRUE       </span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span> <span style="color: #BCBCBC;"> 9</span> Clinical 2012-07-20 223705          1 TRUE       </span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span> <span style="color: #BCBCBC;">10</span> Clinical 2003-09-26 739C43          1 TRUE       </span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span> <span style="color: #949494;"># … with 190 more rows</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          123             15            52            74</span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span> <span style="color: #BCBCBC;">2</span> ICU                49             13            34            41</span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span> <span style="color: #BCBCBC;">3</span> Outpatient         12              7            12            12</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="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="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-msg co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span> Including isolates from ICU.</span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span> [1] TRUE</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="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="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: 200 × 4</span></span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span> <span style="color: #949494;"># Groups:   patient, mo, ward [193]</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> 8F77B2  B_STPHY_EPDR  Clinical TRUE        </span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span> <span style="color: #BCBCBC;"> 2</span> 545388  B_ENTRC       Clinical TRUE        </span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span> <span style="color: #BCBCBC;"> 3</span> 6BC362  B_STPHY_CONS  ICU      TRUE        </span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span> <span style="color: #BCBCBC;"> 4</span> C58921  B_ESCHR_COLI  Clinical TRUE        </span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span> <span style="color: #BCBCBC;"> 5</span> 4B6270  B_PSDMN_AERG  Clinical TRUE        </span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span> <span style="color: #BCBCBC;"> 6</span> A97263  B_KLBSL_PNMN  Clinical TRUE        </span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span> <span style="color: #BCBCBC;"> 7</span> 871020  B_STPHY_EPDR  Clinical TRUE        </span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span> <span style="color: #BCBCBC;"> 8</span> 976997  B_STRPT_PYGN  Clinical TRUE        </span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span> <span style="color: #BCBCBC;"> 9</span> 223705  B_ENTRBC_CLOC Clinical TRUE        </span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span> <span style="color: #BCBCBC;">10</span> 739C43  B_ESCHR_COLI  Clinical TRUE        </span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span> <span style="color: #949494;"># … with 190 more rows</span></span>
<span class="r-in"><span><span class="co"># }</span></span></span>
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