Predictors of preterm birth in birth certificate data

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 136, Issue , 2008, Pages 555-560

  Courtney, Karen L ^a   Stewart, Sara ^b   Popescu, Mihail ^c   Goodwin, Linda K ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b University of Pittsburgh ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Health Services Research; Modeling; Nursing; Obstetrics Gynecology; Premature Birth

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DATA WAREHOUSES; HOSPITALS; MODELS; NURSING; STATISTICAL TESTS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINES;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; BAYESIAN CLASSIFIER; COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; DEMOGRAPHIC VARIABLES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; LOGISTIC REGRESSIONS; PREMATURE BIRTH; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTICS CURVES (ROC); BIRTH CERTIFICATE; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; POPULATION LEVELS;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

EID: 44349164017     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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