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Re: st: Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2007 16:42:05 +0100
--- Carlo Lazzaro <[email protected]> wrote:
> I have a dataset composed of 30 variables (from patient_1 to
> patient_30). Each variable includes 20 observations (daily cost per
> patient during a 20-day follow-up).
>
> I would like to create a new variable containing only the 20th day
> observation for each patient. I would figure out something like what
> follows:
>
> Patient_id 20th_day_observation
> 1 cost 20th day patient1
> . .
> . .
> . .
> . .
> 30 cost 20th day patient30
*------------------ begin example ---------------
drop _all
set obs 20
gen day = _n
forvalues i = 1/20 {
gen patient_`i' = exp(.5*_n + .5*invnorm(uniform()))
}
reshape long patient_, i(day) j(id)
preserve
/* if you only want 20th observation*/
sort id day
keep if day == 20
restore
/* if you want to keep all days*/
/* but create a variable that is*/
/* constant within a person and*/
/* contains the 20th observation*/
bys id (day): gen twentiethobs = patient[20]
*----------------- end example -------------------
(For more on how to use examples I sent to the Statalist, see
http://home.fsw.vu.nl/m.buis/stata/exampleFAQ.html )
Hope this helps,
Maarten
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