Description of the variables from hypothetical HMO-HIV+ study shown in
Table 1.1 of Hosmer, D.W. and Lemeshow, S. (1998) Applied Survival
Analysis: Regression Modeling of Time to Event Data, John Wiley and Sons
Inc., New York, NY

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Data are in the file hmohiv.dat

n =100

Variable   	Desrciption        	Codes / Units

ID         	Subject ID Code       	1-100

ENTDATE    	Entry date            	ddmmyr

ENDDATE    	Entry date            	ddmmyr

TIME       	Survival Time       	days between Entry date
                                  	and End date

AGE        	Age                  	years

DRUG       	History of           	0 = No
           	IV Drug Use          	1 = Yes

CENSOR     	Follow-Up Status     	1 = Death due to AIDS
                                  	    or AIDS related factors

                                 	0 = Alive at study end
                                     	    or lost to follow-up