Research and Data Analysis in Health Care

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HMGT 400 6382 Research and Data Analysis in Healthcare (2222)

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HMGT 400 Research and Data Analysis in Health Care - Exercise 1

Dataset: HMGT400HOSPITAL.csv (may be downloaded below.)

Required analysis program: Analysis ToolPak - for all analyses in this class (RStudio or R Programming for BONUS point seekers only - 10 bonus points if used for analysis).

Author, Hossein Zare, PhD

Citation: Zare, H. (2017). HMGT 400 Research and Data Analysis in Health Care-Exercise. UMGC.EDU

Exercise # 1 Instructions:

1. You may download the dataset from the link below. This dataset provides information about hospitals in 2011 and 2012. Before you do that however consult the additional instructions that I provided to you in 4 PDF email attachments. ([a]. Ex 1 - Additional Instructions [b] Ex 1 - Instructions t-Test to compare means [c] Ex 1 - Example t-Test Output. [d] Ex 1 - Example Output - Graphs).

2. Analyze the data, using these instructions. Your objective is to use the results of your analysis to create "summary statistics" (Count (N), Mean, and Standard Deviation) for each hospital characteristic and each year (2011 and 2012) and complete Table 1 (template below). You should then create any meaningful graphs (using Excel) to summarize your findings and to write a short paragraph summary report describing your findings.

3. Your report may be in WORD format, with the tables you create in Excel copied and pasted in WORD. Submit your report to the appropriate folder.

Table 1. Descriptive statistics between hospitals in 2011 & 2012

Hospital Characteristics

2011 2012

Difference between 2011 & 2012

N Mean St. Dev N Mean St. Dev t-Value (Pr<|t|)

1. Number of Hospital beds

2. Number of paid Employees

3. Number of non-paid Employees

4. Total hospital costs

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5. Total hospital revenues

6. Available Medicare days

7. Available Medicaid days

8. Total Hospital Discharges

9. Medicare discharge

10. Medicaid discharges

11. Hosp Cost Per Discharge

Exercise 1 Findings: Based on your findings, in which years did the hospitals have better performance? Please write a short paragraph and describe your findings. Make sure to attach plot(s) or graph(s) of the information to your report.

Instructions:

Use Analysis ToolPak for all analyses (mandatory).

(for BONUS points: Use RStudio. The R script is available below for this exercise, but you need to modify the script for this analysis).

Download data from here: HMGT400HOSPITAL

Download RStudio script from here:E1-Codes

Download RStudio script from here (If you were not able to load the DPLYR package use this scrip):E1-Codes-No-Dplyr

Grading Rubrics for Exercises #1, #2, and #3

Criteria Outstanding 90-100%

Good 80-89% Satisfactory 70-79%

Substandard 60-69%

Failure 0-59%

15 points 13.35 points 11.85 points 10.35 points 5 points

Dataset, statistical package in the analysis (15 points)

Used class dataset, and statistical package. Codes can be used to repeat the analysis.

Used class dataset, and statistical package. Codes cannot be used to repeat the analysis.

Used class dataset. Did not use a statistical package but performed some analysis.

Did not use class dataset. Did not use a statistical package but performed some analysis.

Did not complete the tables or partially develop the tables. Reported incorrectly on N, Means, and St. Dev.

30 points 26.7 points 23.7 points 20.7 points 0 points

Analysis Tables (30 points)

Completed all tables with correct numbers, N, Mean, and SD

Completed most tables with correct numbers, N, Mean, and SD

Completed all tables with correct numbers and means. But

Partially reported the numbers, N, Means, and SD

Did not complete the tables. No numbers, N, Means, or SD

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incorrect N and SD

10 points 8.9 points 7.9 points 6.9 points 0 points

Analysis Plots/Graphs (10 points)

Completed all plots with correct variables, legends, and titles

Completed all plots with correct variables, and titles. Incorrect or no legends.

Completed most plots with correct titles. Incorrect or no legends. Incorrect variables.

Completed some plots but incorrect variables, titles, and legends

Did not develop any plots/graphs

20 points 17.8 points 15.8 points 13.8 points 0 points

Analysis Tests (20 points)

Calculated the appropriate means tests (t-Test, ANOVA) correctly for all requested variables

Calculated the appropriate means tests (t-Test, ANOVA) correctly for most of the requested variables

Calculated the appropriate means tests (t-Test, ANOVA) correctly for some of the requested variables

Calculated the wrong means tests (t-Test, ANOVA) for some/all the requested variables

Did not calculate the appropriate means tests (t-Test, ANOVA) for the requested variables

20 points 17.8 points 15.8 points 5 points 0 Points

Analysis Description (20 points)

Described analysis with a clear message and explained how results can address all the questions

Described analysis with a clear message and explained how results can address most of the questions

Described analysis with a clear message and explained how results can address a few or some of the questions

Did not describe findings with a clear message but a message is present

Did not describe findings

5 points 4.45 points 3.95 points 3.45 points 1 point

Writing Style (5 points)

Writing is clear, concise, with good sentence structure, and a few spelling, punctuation, or grammatical errors.

Writing is acceptable, with good sentence structure, and a few spelling, punctuation, or grammatical errors.

Writing is acceptable, but there are more than 3 spelling, punctuation, or grammatical errors.

Writing has a high number of spelling, punctuation, or grammatical errors.

There are an unacceptable number of spelling, punctuation, or grammatical errors.

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