Dialysis

This data set is analyzed in Sa Carvalho et al. (2003), and consists of data on 6805 hemodialysis patients
in all federally funded clinics in Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil.

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An R Commander plug-in for the survival
package, with dialogs for Cox models, parametric survival regression models,
estimation of survival curves, and testing for differences in survival
curves, along with data-management facilities and a variety of tests,
diagnostics and graphs.

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RcmdrPlugin.survival

R Commander Plug-in for the 'survival' Package

Dialysis function

A data frame with 6805 observations on the following 7 variables.<dl>
 <dt><code>center</code></dt>
<dd>a numeric code indicating in which of 67 centers the patient was treated.</dd> <dt><code>age</code></dt>
<dd>of the patient.</dd> <dt><code>begin</code></dt>
<dd>The month in which treatment began, with <code>1</code> representing January 1998.</dd> <dt><code>end</code></dt>
<dd>The month in which observation terminated, either because of death or censoring.
 	The study ended in month <code>44</code> (August, 2000).</dd> <dt><code>event</code></dt>
<dd><code>1</code>, death, or <code>0</code>, censoring.</dd> <dt><code>time</code></dt>
<dd>the difference between <code>end</code> and <code>begin</code>.</dd> <dt><code>disease</code></dt>
<dd>a factor with levels <code>congen</code>, (congenital); <code>diabetes</code>; <code>hypert</code> (hypertension); <code>other</code>; and <code>renal</code>.</dd> 
</dl>

Format

Hemodialysis Data from Brazil — Dialysis

A data frame with 6805 observations on the following 7 variables.<dl>
 <dt><code>center</code></dt>
<dd>a numeric code indicating in which of 67 centers the patient was treated.</dd>

 <dt><code>age</code></dt>
<dd>of the patient.</dd>

 <dt><code>begin</code></dt>
<dd>The month in which treatment began, with <code>1</code> representing January 1998.</dd>

 <dt><code>end</code></dt>
<dd>The month in which observation terminated, either because of death or censoring.
 	The study ended in month <code>44</code> (August, 2000).</dd>

 <dt><code>event</code></dt>
<dd><code>1</code>, death, or <code>0</code>, censoring.</dd>

 <dt><code>time</code></dt>
<dd>the difference between <code>end</code> and <code>begin</code>.</dd>

 <dt><code>disease</code></dt>
<dd>a factor with levels <code>congen</code>, (congenital); <code>diabetes</code>; <code>hypert</code> (hypertension); <code>other</code>; and <code>renal</code>.</dd>

 
</dl>

Dialysis: Hemodialysis Data from Brazil

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