Comments on: The Cost of Getting Sick http://flowingdata.com/2009/11/23/the-cost-of-getting-sick/ Strength in Numbers Thu, 24 May 2012 11:10:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: A thousand words… at least « Communications for fun and (non)profit(s) http://flowingdata.com/2009/11/23/the-cost-of-getting-sick/#comment-37024 A thousand words… at least « Communications for fun and (non)profit(s) Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:08:39 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/?p=4040#comment-37024 [...] blog (Bertalan Meskó, founder of Webicina.com). Science Roll points to a spiffy visualization on “The Cost of Getting Sick” on the very cool Flowing Data site. This series of interactive polar pie charts uses data from GE [...] [...] blog (Bertalan Meskó, founder of Webicina.com). Science Roll points to a spiffy visualization on “The Cost of Getting Sick” on the very cool Flowing Data site. This series of interactive polar pie charts uses data from GE [...]

]]> By: Web 2.0 and Medicine News: Cost of Getting Sick ||| Rx Medved Site http://flowingdata.com/2009/11/23/the-cost-of-getting-sick/#comment-36883 Web 2.0 and Medicine News: Cost of Getting Sick ||| Rx Medved Site Sun, 06 Dec 2009 07:52:53 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/?p=4040#comment-36883 [...] The Cost of Getting Sick (Flowing Data): Click here to see the costs of different medical conditions in different ages. [...] [...] The Cost of Getting Sick (Flowing Data): Click here to see the costs of different medical conditions in different ages. [...]

]]> By: Web 2.0 and Medicine News: Cost of Getting Sick « ScienceRoll http://flowingdata.com/2009/11/23/the-cost-of-getting-sick/#comment-36826 Web 2.0 and Medicine News: Cost of Getting Sick « ScienceRoll Sat, 05 Dec 2009 17:00:46 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/?p=4040#comment-36826 [...] The Cost of Getting Sick (Flowing Data): Click here to see the costs of different medical conditions in different ages. [...] [...] The Cost of Getting Sick (Flowing Data): Click here to see the costs of different medical conditions in different ages. [...]

]]> By: Mary Jane Rutkowski http://flowingdata.com/2009/11/23/the-cost-of-getting-sick/#comment-36332 Mary Jane Rutkowski Wed, 02 Dec 2009 21:37:36 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/?p=4040#comment-36332 I would like to see the programming behind this. I have a project where we would like to consider economic sectors (analogous to the illnesses), emissions benefits and costs ranging over a period of about 30 years. This seems like a good visualization approach. Thanks for the inspiration! I would like to see the programming behind this. I have a project where we would like to consider economic sectors (analogous to the illnesses), emissions benefits and costs ranging over a period of about 30 years. This seems like a good visualization approach. Thanks for the inspiration!

]]> By: Jeff Johnson http://flowingdata.com/2009/11/23/the-cost-of-getting-sick/#comment-36082 Jeff Johnson Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:04:32 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/?p=4040#comment-36082 I think this does work out to 100% if we treat the case as the illness, not the person. I think this does work out to 100% if we treat the case as the illness, not the person.

]]> By: Jon Peltier http://flowingdata.com/2009/11/23/the-cost-of-getting-sick/#comment-36042 Jon Peltier Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:30:50 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/?p=4040#comment-36042 The spie chart is just another cutesie visualization that can't display information comprehensibly. A bar chart or dot plot would be a better way to compare two data sets like that. The spie chart is just another cutesie visualization that can’t display information comprehensibly. A bar chart or dot plot would be a better way to compare two data sets like that.

]]> By: Josh Hemann http://flowingdata.com/2009/11/23/the-cost-of-getting-sick/#comment-36041 Josh Hemann Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:58:16 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/?p=4040#comment-36041 I have never liked these charts but there is a variant called spie charts that do seem useful in certain settings, specifically, for comparing two pie charts together. An example would be visualizing changes in proportion of budget spending one year versus another. See the bottom of this website for a nice example (and link to an academic paper) showing how to use this type of visualization. http://www.math.yorku.ca/SCS/Gallery/bright-ideas.html I have never liked these charts but there is a variant called spie charts that do seem useful in certain settings, specifically, for comparing two pie charts together. An example would be visualizing changes in proportion of budget spending one year versus another. See the bottom of this website for a nice example (and link to an academic paper) showing how to use this type of visualization.

http://www.math.yorku.ca/SCS/G.....ideas.html

]]> By: Jon Peltier http://flowingdata.com/2009/11/23/the-cost-of-getting-sick/#comment-35971 Jon Peltier Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:24:34 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/?p=4040#comment-35971 Robert - That explains the excessive increase of radius with age that I noticed. A little distortion goes a long way. Robert -

That explains the excessive increase of radius with age that I noticed. A little distortion goes a long way.

]]> By: Robert Kosara http://flowingdata.com/2009/11/23/the-cost-of-getting-sick/#comment-35967 Robert Kosara Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:22:47 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/?p=4040#comment-35967 And with wedges, I mean radius. And with wedges, I mean radius.

]]> By: Robert Kosara http://flowingdata.com/2009/11/23/the-cost-of-getting-sick/#comment-35966 Robert Kosara Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:22:21 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/?p=4040#comment-35966 I'm starting to think that the wedges represent total cost (i.e., cost per patient times number of patients), but that would be redundant with the angle. I'll have to look into this a bit more closely. I’m starting to think that the wedges represent total cost (i.e., cost per patient times number of patients), but that would be redundant with the angle. I’ll have to look into this a bit more closely.

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