Week 6 Homework

Using ONLY SAS STUDIO ONDEMAND!!!

1.  Download the file AHCA_INP_SAMP_1 to your OnDemand data library.

a.  Import the file into SAS

b.  Create a new data file for only those records where the principal diagnosis code is 41000 to 41499 and keeping the following variables:  sex ethnicity race age payer prindiag othdiag1-othdiag30- prinproc othproc1-othproc30.

2.  Using the if-then-else statements create a zero-one dummy variable (0= did not get it and 1 for got it) for cardiac catheterization where the code for cardiac catheterization (CATH) is 3720 to 3723 for the first 11procedures (prinproc and othproc1 othproc10.)

3.  Create a zero-one raceeth variable for Non-Hispanic White (0), Non-Hispanic Black (1), and Hispanic (2).

4.  Write formats for CATH and RACEETH.

5.  Produce a formatted table comparing receipt of cardiac catheterization for the three race/ethnicity groups.  Ask for a ChiSq statistic

6.  Write a short explanation of the table.

7.  Redo number 2 using an array.  How many people got the cardiac catheterization?

FOR EACH OF THE STEPS PLEASE COPY AND PASTE THE SAS CODE AND THE LOG INTO A WORD DOCUMENT

See attached data dictionary and attached powerpoint for assistance