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Rolling Six-Month Enrollment SQL

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Problem

Write a query using SQL window functions to calculate the rolling average of patient enrollment over the last six months.

Assume enrollment is recorded monthly for each study. Treat a NULL enrollment value as zero, and use the latest enrollment month in the data as the endpoint.

Output

  1. One row per study and enrollment month in the latest six-month period.
  2. Columns: study_name, enrollment_month, monthly_enrollment, and six_month_rolling_avg.
  3. Order by study_name, then enrollment_month ascending.

Schema

patient_enrollment
ColumnTypeDescription
enrollment_idPKINTUnique enrollment record identifier
study_idINTStudy associated with the monthly enrollment
enrollment_monthDATEFirst day of the enrollment month
enrolled_patientsINTNumber of patients enrolled during the month
studies
ColumnTypeDescription
study_idPKINTUnique study identifier
study_nameVARCHAR(150)Study name
Tablespatient_enrollmentstudies
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