Some sites have patients check out of one ICU and into another (for example ICU stepdown to HDU). This checks to see if patients are discharged from one unit and admitted to another wihtin a pre-defined time period, specified in the minutes argument.
characterise_spells(df = NULL, minutes = 30)
| df | episode length table |
|---|---|
| minutes | numeric scalar to define transition period |
a table with episodes reconciled as spells
This only evaluates episodes that have already been flagged as valid by the
characterise_episodes function.