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Gets hospitalization data that model will be trained on

Usage

get_hosp_data(
  hosp_data_source,
  geo_type,
  forecast_date,
  hosp_data_dir,
  population_data_path,
  pull_from_local = FALSE
)

Arguments

hosp_data_source

Source of hospitalization data from which to pull. Options include "NHSN" and "covidcast".

geo_type

type of geographic region for which to pull data

forecast_date

date for which we are producing a forecast

hosp_data_dir

if pulling from local, where to get the data from

population_data_path

path to a table of state populations

pull_from_local

if TRUE, look for local files first, default value is FALSE

Value

a data frame at the geo_type level of number of daily hospital admits