transplant (Q6033278)

**Author**: \N**Source**: Unknown - Date unknown \N**Please cite**: \N\NDATA FILE:\NData on patient deaths within 30 days of surgery in 131 U.S.\Nhospitals. See Christiansen and Morris, Bayesian Biostatistics, D.\NBerry and D. Stangl, editors, 1996, Marcel Dekker, Inc.\N\N\NData on 131 heart transplant hospitals in the US. The 3646 transplants\Ntook place during a 27 month period from October 1987 through December\N1989. The columns are: obs = hospital #, e = expected #\Nof deaths within 30 days of the transplant surgeries, z = number of\Ndeaths within 30 days of surgery, n = # of patients receiving heart\Ntransplant within this time period. (Christiansen and Morris, Bayesian\NBiostatistics, D. Berry and D. Stangl, editors, 1996.) The patient\Nlevel data used to create this data set was provided by the United\NNetwork for Organ Sharing, 1100 Boulders Parkway, Suite 500, P.O. Box\N13770, Richmond, VA, 23225.\N\NThe following data may be used for non-commercial purposes and can be\Ndistributed freely. If you use the data, please acknowledge StatLib,\Nthe United Network for Organ Sharing, and Christiansen and Morris,\N1996.\N\N\N\N\NInformation about the dataset\NCLASSTYPE: numeric\NCLASSINDEX: none specific