Outputs a character vector of similar areas for a given area.
Details
For new upper tier local authorities (post 4/23) the NHSE Nearest Neighbours Model is used.
All other local authorities types (lower tier and older upper tier) use the CIPFA's Nearest Neighbours Model. Older local authority geography types will use older versions of the model.
Similar areas for Clinical Commissioning Groups are based on NHS England's similar CCG explorer tool.
Currently the function does not have the ability to use the method from the Children's services statistical neighbour benchmarking tool.
Usage
nearest_neighbours(
AreaCode,
AreaTypeID,
proxy_settings = fingertips_proxy_settings(),
path
)Arguments
- AreaCode
Character vector, ONS area code of area of interest
- AreaTypeID
AreaTypeID of the nearest neighbours (see
nearest_neighbour_areatypeids) for available IDs- proxy_settings
string; whether to use Internet Explorer proxy settings "default" or "none". Setting this manually will decrease runtime; default determined automatically.
- path
String; Fingertips API address. Function will default to the correct address
See also
nearest_neighbour_areatypeids for the AreaTypeIDs
available for this function
Other lookup functions:
area_types(),
category_types(),
deprivation_decile(),
indicator_areatypes(),
indicator_metadata(),
indicator_order(),
indicators(),
indicators_unique(),
profiles()