Sample of obstetric hospitals

The hospital data frame has 15 rows and 5 columns.

data(hospital)

Format

This data frame contains the following columns:

hospno

Hospital id

oblevel

level of obstetric care

weighta

Weights, as given by the original reference

tothosp

total hospitalisations

births

births

weightats

Weights, as given in the source

Source

Previously at http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/books/sop/hospsamp.dta

References

Levy and Lemeshow. "Sampling of Populations" (3rd edition). Wiley.

Examples

data(hospital)
hospdes<-svydesign(strata=~oblevel, id=~hospno, weights=~weighta,
fpc=~tothosp, data=hospital)
hosprep<-as.svrepdesign(hospdes)

svytotal(~births, design=hospdes)
#>         total    SE
#> births 183983 34014
svytotal(~births, design=hosprep)
#>         total    SE
#> births 183983 34014