Lack of a centre effect in UK renal units: Application of an artificial neural network model

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 743-748

  Tangri, Navdeep ^a   Ansell, David ^b   Naimark, David ^c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UK RENAL REGISTRY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Artificial neuronal network; Centre effect; Centre size; Dialysis centres; Patient survival; Renal failure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LABORATORY TEST; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REGISTER; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RENAL DIALYSIS;

EID: 33644872749     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfi255     Document Type: Article

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