Final Project submission for Kevin Mears

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 # BMIN503/EPID600 Final Project
 
-This repository contains templates for the final written report and GitHub repository. Follow the instructions below to clone this repository, and then turn in your final project's code via a pull request to this repository.
+Hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) are infections that occur while receiving healthcare or shortly after leaving the hospital. 
+Many factors influence the risks of HAIs including length of stay, co-morbidities, and disinfection practices. 
+The goal of this project was to determine the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on common hospital-acquired infections in 2020. 
 
-1. To start, **fork** this BMIN503_Final_Project repository.
-1. **Clone** the forked repository to your computer.
-1. Modify the files provided, add your own, and **commit** changes to complete your final project.
-1. **Push**/sync the changes up to your GitHub account.
-1. Create a **pull request** on this, the original BMIN503_Final_Project, repository to turn in your final project.
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-Follow the instructions [here][forking] if you are unsure what the above steps mean.
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-DUE DATE FOR FINAL VERSION: 12/13/24 11:59PM. This is a hard deadline. Turn in whatever you have by this date.
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-[forking]: https://guides.github.com/activities/forking/
+This repository contains files for Kevin Mears' final project 
 
+1. Mears_BMIN503_final_project.qmd (quarto document for project containing code used for analysis)
+2. Mears_BMIN503_final_project.html (corresponding html file from .qmd)
+3. 2021-code-descriptions-tabular order (folder contains the required files for ICD10 diagnosis icd10cm_codes_2021.txt to be downloaded and used as reference)
+4. README.md