Outputs a character vector of similar areas for given area. Currently returns similar areas for Clinical Commissioning Groups (old and new) based on NHS England's similar CCG explorer tool or lower and upper tier local authorities based on CIPFA's Nearest Neighbours Model or upper tier local authorities based on Children's services statistical neighbour benchmarking tool
Usage
nearest_neighbours(
AreaCode,
AreaTypeID,
measure,
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- measure
deprecated. Previously a string; when AreaTypeID = 102 measure must be either "CIPFA" for CIPFA local authority nearest neighbours or "CSSN" for Children's services statistical neighbours
- 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()