An S4 class to represent inpatient encounters
Encounter(conn, id, extend_table_start = NULL)a database connection
an encounter identifier
optional integer to specify an earlier start
(in hours) in the longitudinal table of the object. For example, a value of
6 means the longitudinal table will begin 6 hours prior to the admission
date. The value must be a positive number. Decimal numbers will be
rounded up to the nearest integer. The default is NULL.
idan encounter identifier
conna database connection
recorda tbl_sql for the corresponding database record
longitudinal_tablea tbl_sql for the longitudinal encounter table