Perform additional analysis
on the individual variables in this case.
Examine the outlier
with a birthweight of 7500 g. What additional information would be
helpful to have to disposition this outlier? Would you exclude this
outlier from further analysis? Justify your decision.
Identify variables in
the data set that you think would not be useful in the analysis of
total cost. Explain your rationale.
Examine the distributions
for Admit Day of the Week and Discharge Day of the Week. Do these
distributions seem reasonable? Explain why or why not.
Analyze total costs
graphically for possible relationships with gender and CCS Procedure
Aggregated. Discuss your findings and compare them to those presented
in this case.
What other factors,
not contained in the data set for this case, might explain the differences
in total costs between the eight hospitals? Review the websites of
these hospitals and collect additional data. Create data visualizations
to help determine if these factors are related to total costs. (Hint:
consider the number of beds.)
Select another region
of New York State and download the data for newborns from SPARCS for
2014. Repeat the analysis of this case and compare your results to
those of the Adirondack region.