readmission {gcmrec}R Documentation

Rehospitalization colorectal cancer

Description

This contains rehospitalization times after surgery in patients diagnosed with colorectal cancer

Usage

data(readmission)

Format

This data frame contains the following columns:

id
identificator of each subject. Repeated for each recurrence
enum
which readmission
t.start
start of interval (0 or previous recurrence time)
t.stop
recurrence or censoring time
time
interocurrence or censoring time
event
censoring status. All event are 1 for each subject excepting last one that it is 0
chemo
Did patient receive chemotherapy? 1: No; 2:Yes
sex
gender: 1:Males 2:Females
dukes
Dukes' tumoral stage: 1:A-B; 2:C 3:D
charlson
Comorbidity Charlson's index. Time-dependent covariate. 0: Index 0; 1: Index 1-2; 3: Index >=3

Source

Gonz'alez, JR., Fernandez, E., Moreno, V. et al. Gender differences in hospital readmission among colorectal cancer patients. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. In press, 2005.


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