Cox Regression Analysis for Preterm Neonates in Ethiopian NICUs, 2021-2024

Multivariable Cox-Proportional Hazard Regression analysis for 612 preterm neonates admitted to public hospital NICUs in the Harari region and Dire Dawa administration, Ethiopia. The dataset was created by Boru Abera Ebsa and covers admissions from November 1, 2021, to October 31, 2024. It was last updated on April 17, 2026, and is shared under a CC-BY-4.0 license.

Use Cases

• Modeling time-to-event outcomes like mortality or discharge based on clinical and demographic variables.
• Identifying significant risk factors for adverse outcomes among preterm neonates.
• Validating or comparing survival analysis methodologies in a specific clinical cohort.
• Informing public health policy for neonatal care in the specified Ethiopian regions.

Strengths

• Dataset size of 612 patient records is explicitly stated.
• Clear temporal coverage from November 2021 to October 2024.
• Specific geographical focus on public hospitals in two Ethiopian administrative areas.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The 17.5 KB file size suggests a limited scope of variables or aggregated results.

Provenance

Source

figshare, author Boru Abera Ebsa.

Collection Method

Clinical data collection from NICU admissions in public hospitals.

Time Range

November 1, 2021 to October 31, 2024.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-17 17:52:17; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Public hospitals in the Harari region and Dire Dawa administration, Ethiopia.