rhc: Right-heart catheterization data
In kolesarm/BWSnooping: Confidence invervals robust to bandwidth snooping

Dataset from Connors et al. (1996). This version labels and modifies the variables so that they match those in Hirano and Imbens' analysis.

rhc

There are 5,735 observations on 54 variables. The treatment and outcome variables are

rhc: Right Heart Catheterization (RHC, also called Swan-Ganz catheter) received within 24 hours after entering study.
survival: Indicator for 30-day survival

Socioeconomic variables:

age: Age (years)
sex: Female indicator
race: White/Black/Other
edu: Years of education
income: Under $11k / $11-$25k / $25-$50k / > $50k
insurance: No insurance / Private / Medicare / Medicaid / Private & Medicare / Medicare & Medicaid

Disease categories:

cat1: Primary disease category. ARF (acute respiratory failure) / COPD (chronic obsructive pulmonary disease) / CHF (congestive heart failure) / Cirrhosis / Coma (nontraumatic coma) / Colon Cancer (metastatic to the liver) / Lung Cancer (stage III or IV) / MOSF w/Malignancy (multi-organ system failure) / MOSF w/Sepsis
cat2: Secondary disease category. Same categories as cat1, plus "None"
cancer: None/Localized/Metastatic

Categories of admission diagnosis:

Comorbidities:

hx_cardio: Cardiovascular symptoms
hx_chf: Congestive Heart Failure
hx_dement: Dementia, Stroke or Cerebral Infarct, Parkinson's Disease
hx_psych: Psychiatric History, Active Psychosis or Severe Depression
hx_cpd: Chronic Pulmonary Disease, Severe Pulmonary Disease, Very Severe Pulmonary Disease
hx_renal: Chronic Renal Disease, Chronic Hemodialysis or Peritoneal Dialysis
hx_liver: Cirrhosis, Hepatic Failure
hx_gibleed: Upper GI Bleeding.
hx_malig: Solid Tumor, Metastatic Disease, Chronic Leukemia/Myeloma, AcuteLeukemia, Lymphoma
hx_immuno: Immunosupperssion, Organ Transplant, HIV Positive, Diabetes
hx_ami: Definite Myocardial Infarction
hx_transfer: Transfer (> 24 Hours) from Another Hospital

Physiological status on Day 1:

dnr1: Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) status
surv2md1: SUPPORT model estimate of 2-month survival probability
aps1: APACHE III score (Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation), ignoring Coma
scoma1: SUPPORT Glasgow Coma Score
wtkilo1: weight in kilograms
wt0: wtkilo==0
temp1: Temperature (Celcius)
meanbp1: Mean Blood Pressure (mm Hg)
resp1: Respiratory rate (breaths/min)
hrt1: Heart rate (beats/min)
pafi1: PaO_2/(0.01*FiO_2)
paco21: PaCO_2 (partial pressure of arterial carbon dioxide)
ph1: Serum pH (arterial)
wbc1: White Blood Cell (WBC) count
hema1: Hematocrit
sod1: Serum sodium
pot1: Serum potassium
crea1: Serum creatinine
bili1: Bilirubin
alb1: Albumin