Get hospitalisation data

Fetch confirmed US hospital admissions from the NHSN source for COVID-19, influenza, or RSV using pub_covidcast.

Usage

get_data(pathogen, geo_value, revisions = FALSE)

Arguments

pathogen

Character. One of "covid", "flu" or "rsv".

geo_value

Character vector. Geographic value as per pub_covidcast to filter by.

revisions

Logical. If TRUE, fetches all available revision history, producing data ready for get_ncast. Default is FALSE (latest version only).

Value

An accidda_data object (see check_data).

Details

By default the latest version of each observation is returned. Set revisions = TRUE to retrieve all available revision history, which is needed by get_ncast.

See also

pub_covidcast

https://docs.hubverse.io/en/stable/user-guide/target-data.html

Examples

get_data(pathogen = "covid", geo_value = "ny")
#> Warning: No API key found. You will be limited to non-complex queries and encounter rate
#> limits if you proceed.
#> ℹ See `?save_api_key()` for details on obtaining and setting API keys.
#> This warning is displayed once every 8 hours.
#> <accidda_data>
#> 
#> Location: NY 
#> Target:   wk inc covid hosp 
#> Window:   2020-08-08 to 2026-03-28 ( 295 dates )
#> History:  FALSE

# Fetch revision history for nowcasting
get_data(pathogen = "covid", geo_value = "ca", revisions = TRUE)
#> <accidda_data>
#> 
#> Location: CA 
#> Target:   wk inc covid hosp 
#> Window:   2020-08-08 to 2026-03-28 ( 295 dates )
#> History:  TRUE ( 2024-11-17 to 2026-03-29 )