Subjects on a liver transplant waiting list from 1990-1999, and their disposition: received a transplant, died while waiting, withdrew from the list, or censored.
A data frame with 815 (transplant) or 861 (transplant2) observations on the following 7 variables.
age at addition to the waiting list
m or f
blood type: A, B, AB or O
year in which they entered the waiting list
time from entry to final disposition
final disposition: censored, death, ltx or withdraw
serum creatinine
serum bilirubin
International Normalized Ratio, a measure of the blood's clotting ability
calculated MELD score
primary diagnosis: alcoholic liver disease, cholestatic liver disease, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, or other
References
Kim WR, Therneau TM, Benson JT, Kremers WK, Rosen CB, Gores GJ, Dickson ER. Deaths on the liver transplant waiting list: An analysis of competing risks. Hepatology 2006 Feb; 43(2):345-51.
Use the following R code to directly access this dataset in R.
