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

Example

In this worksheet, Wait Time is the graph variable. Facility is the row variable. Condition is the column variable.

C1 C2-T C3-T
Wait Time Facility Condition
36 Hillside Hospital Fever
37 Hillside Hospital Contusions and cuts
46 Wellness General Hospital Fever
39 Wellness General Hospital Respiratory issue

How-to

  1. From the Healthcare KPIs: Visualize Relationships with Wait Time dialog box, select Heatmap, then click OK.
  2. In Graph variables enter the wait time column.
  3. From Function, select the function of wait time. For example, if you select Mean, the color gradient of the rectangles in the heatmap will be based on the mean value of wait time in each rectangle.
  4. In Row variables enter up to five columns that define the rows. You must enter at least one column in either Row variables or Column variables. The columns can be text or numeric and must be the same length as the wait time column.
  5. In Column variables enter up to five columns that define the columns. You must enter at least one column in either Row variables or Column variables. The columns can be text or numeric and must be the same length as the wait time column.
  6. Click OK.
Tip

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