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boodaloo1
Fluorite | Level 6

I have a data set in which there are 700 patients represented from six clinics. All are characterized as noncritical, moderately critical, or severely critcal. I need to write a SAS code that will randomly choose 2 noncritical patients from each of the clinics. I also want to put a statement in the coding that if there are fewer than 2 patients in any clinic, to select them all, but I am unsure how to write this?

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Reeza
Super User

Look into proc surveyselect instead of doing it manually. 

 The SELECTALL option allows you to specify that you should take all values from a clinic if less than 2. 

 

PGStats
Opal | Level 21

Does the statement 

I also want to put a statement in the coding that if there are fewer than 2 patients in any clinic, to select them all, but I am unsure how to write this?

mean that when there are fewer than two patients, you are willing to accept moderately critical, or severely critcal patients as well?

 

 

 

PG

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