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Brewer's Method

This document presents an example of using Brewer's Method to estimate the total number of patients from hospital population data. It shows data for 3 hospitals with their number of beds and patients. It then shows the calculations to assign random numbers to each hospital based on their proportion of beds. A random number is drawn to select the first hospital, then another to select the second, estimating the total patients as the sum of the two hospitals' actual patients. The example estimates the total as 68 patients.

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170 views7 pages

Brewer's Method

This document presents an example of using Brewer's Method to estimate the total number of patients from hospital population data. It shows data for 3 hospitals with their number of beds and patients. It then shows the calculations to assign random numbers to each hospital based on their proportion of beds. A random number is drawn to select the first hospital, then another to select the second, estimating the total patients as the sum of the two hospitals' actual patients. The example estimates the total as 68 patients.

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In this presentation I’ll


talk through a
mathematical example of
Brewer’s Method.
Number of
Hospital Number of beds (
EXAMPLE : patients (

Suppose, a population consists of A 40 27


A 40 27
3 hospitals A, B and C with the
B 35 24
following statistics on the number 35 24
B
of patients admitted during 25 18
C
different periods. C 25 18
Total 100 69
Total 100 69

  estimate of the total patients under


W,
Brewer’s Method for n=2.
The accompanying table shows the necessary computations for the
selection of the first unit.

Hospital Number of beds Assigned


( Numbers

A
A 40 0.40 1.2000 0.5143 1-5143

B 35
35 0.35
0.35 0.7583
0.7583 0.3250
0.3250 5144-8393
5144-8393
B
C 25 0.25 0.3750 0.1607 8394-10000
C 25 0.25 0.3750 0.1607 8394-10000
Total D = 2.3333
Total D = 2.3333

  selecting the first unit, consider the four digit random numbers. Suppose that, the
In
number happens to be 4919. Then, our selected hospital is A and and.
The drawing of second unit when unit B has been drawn first can be made with
probability .
 
The table below shows the drawing procedure:

Hospital Assigned
Numbers

A 0.40 - -

B 0.35 0.5833 1-5833

C 0.25 0.4167 5834-10000


A four digit random number is used to draw the
second unit. Suppose, this random number is 5507.
Then, our selected hospital is B with . Hence, the
estimate for the total is-  
)
= 68
(Answer)
THANKS!

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