readmission              package:gcmrec              R Documentation

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_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

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

_U_s_a_g_e:

     data(readmission)

_F_o_r_m_a_t:

     This data frame contains the following columns:

     _i_d identificator of each subject. Repeated for each recurrence

     _e_n_u_m which readmission

     _t._s_t_a_r_t start of interval (0 or previous recurrence time)

     _t._s_t_o_p recurrence or censoring time

     _t_i_m_e interocurrence or censoring time

     _e_v_e_n_t censoring status. All event are 1 for each subject 
          excepting last one that it is 0

     _c_h_e_m_o Did patient receive chemotherapy? 1: No; 2:Yes

     _s_e_x gender: 1:Males 2:Females

     _d_u_k_e_s Dukes' tumoral stage: 1:A-B; 2:C 3:D

     _c_h_a_r_l_s_o_n Comorbidity Charlson's index. Time-dependent covariate.
          0: Index 0; 1: Index 1-2; 3: Index >=3 

_S_o_u_r_c_e:

     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.

