convert the string version of months waited to the numeric id version

convert the string version of months waited to the numeric id version

Usage

convert_months_waited_to_id(months_waited, max_months_waited)

Arguments

months_waited

string; vector with format, by example "2-3"

max_months_waited

integer; the maximum number of months to group patients waiting times by for the analysis. Data are published up to 104 weeks, so 24 is likely to be the maximum useful value for this argument.

Examples

mnths_waited <- c("<1", "1-2", "2-3", "3-4", "4-5", "5+")
convert_months_waited_to_id(
  months_waited = mnths_waited,
  max_months_waited = 3
)
#> [1] 0 1 2 3 3 3