[R] R graphics question: "binary" bar chart

[Jim Lemon]

Stephan Spat wrote:
> Hello!
> 
> I would like to visualize the hospitalization within one year of several
> patients using a bar chart. For each patient the stay in a hospital
> should be illustrated with a dark colour a if there is a stay at home
> between 2 hopital stays, it should be illustrated with a bright colour.
> 
> e.g.
> 
> P1       |//////|      |///|             |////////|
> P2                 |//////////|
> P3          |//|   |////|       |///|    |//|
>     Day1------------Day100---------------------------------Day365
> 
> 
> legend:
> Px	 Patient with id x
> |///|    Hospital stay (length of bar symbolizes length of stay)
>           Place between 2 hospital stays symbolizes stay at home
> 	 (not in hospital)
> 
> Are there any package which can do that? If not, how can I implement
> this in R?
Hi Stephan,
This looks very much like a Gantt chart with multiple time slots for 
each "task" (hospital stay). I've roughly programmed a function to do 
this, and I'll see if I can finish it off and send you a copy tomorrow.

Jim