This example applies to the Healthcare Module. For more information, go to www.minitab.com/healthcare-module.

Example

In this worksheet, Treatment Costs is the response. Patient Age is the predictor and may explain differences in treatment costs.

C1 C2
Treatment Costs Patient Age
306 36
370 28
460 72
390 40

How-to

  1. From the Healthcare KPIs: Predict Treatment Costs dialog box, select Fitted Line Plot, then click OK.
  2. In Response (Y), enter the treatment costs column. The response is also called the Y variable.
  3. In Predictor (X), enter a column of numeric data that may explain or predict changes in treatment costs. The predictor is also called the X variable.
  4. Click OK.
Tip

For more information about this analysis, click Help in the main dialog box.