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SQL for Monthly Trends
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SQL for Monthly Trends

MediumSQL · PostgreSQL

Problem

Write a SQL query to calculate monthly trends from a healthcare reporting table.

Use healthcare_reporting and facilities. Calculate monthly reporting activity for each facility, including the number of reports, total metric value, the previous month's total, and the month-over-month change. Exclude reports that cannot be matched to a facility.

Output

  1. One row per facility and calendar month with reporting data.
  2. Columns: facility_name, report_month, report_count, total_metric, previous_month_total, and month_over_month_change.
  3. Order by facility name, then report month ascending.

Schema

healthcare_reporting
ColumnTypeDescription
report_idPKINTUnique reporting record identifier
facility_idINTFacility associated with the report
report_dateDATEDate the report was recorded
report_typeVARCHAR(50)Category of healthcare report
metric_valueNUMERIC(12,2)Numeric value reported for the record
facilities
ColumnTypeDescription
facility_idPKINTUnique facility identifier
facility_nameVARCHAR(100)Facility display name
regionVARCHAR(50)Operational region of the facility
Tableshealthcare_reportingfacilities
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