Datasets

The teaching datasets used throughout the book. They are synthetic, so you can practice freely without touching real patient information.

Use the file named in your chapter or assignment. Keep the original file unchanged so you can return to it. Where both clean and analytic versions exist, use the version the activity specifies.

Download everything All 20 datasets in one file · ZIP · 9.2 MB

Download all datasets

Reference dimensions

Descriptive tables: who and where. One row per actor, no events.

Patient dimension One row per synthetic patient. DS1_patient_dim.csv CSV · 1.1 MB Provider dimension One row per provider or clinician. DS1_provider_dim.csv CSV · 13 KB Facility dimension One row per facility or site. DS1_facility_dim.csv CSV · 2 KB Payer dimension One row per payer or plan group. DS1_payer_dim.csv CSV · 847 B Geography dimension One row per ZIP-area group. DS1_geography_dim.csv CSV · 4 KB Calendar dimension One row per calendar date. DS1_calendar_dim.csv CSV · 33 KB

Teaching datasets (clean)

Event tables: what happened and when. Validated and analysis-ready.

Appointments One row per scheduled visit (ambulatory scheduling). DS2_appointments_clean.csv CSV · 8.3 MB Appointments (teaching sample) A 12-row sample of the appointments file for the Chapter 1 and 3 Try It exercises. DS2_appointments_sample.csv CSV · 616 B ED throughput One row per emergency department visit. DS3_ed_throughput_clean.csv CSV · 4.5 MB Inpatient discharges One row per inpatient discharge. DS4_inpatient_clean.csv CSV · 1.5 MB Claim headers One row per submitted claim (revenue cycle). DS5_claim_header_clean.csv CSV · 9.9 MB Claim lines (optional) One row per claim line; optional supplement. DS5_claim_line_optional.csv CSV · 18.4 MB Survey responses One row per patient-experience survey response. DS6_survey_responses_clean.csv CSV · 728 KB Care registry One row per active registry patient. DS7_registry_clean.csv CSV · 1.4 MB

Evidence and public health

Study-design vignettes and external public-health reference data.

Sampling scenarios Sampling and study-design vignettes. DS8_sampling_scenarios.csv CSV · 3 KB Studies master Study summaries for evidence literacy. DS8_studies_master.csv CSV · 7 KB PLACES county (wide) CDC PLACES-style county estimates, wide form. PH1_places_county_wide.csv CSV · 321 KB PLACES county (long) CDC PLACES-style county estimates, long form. PH1_places_county_long.csv CSV · 3.7 MB PLACES measure lookup Measure lookup for the PLACES companion. PH1_places_measure_lookup.csv CSV · 2 KB BRFSS teaching extract BRFSS-style weighted adult survey sample. PH2_brfss2022_teaching_extract.csv CSV · 4.1 MB