Decision tree algorithm in deciding hospitalization for adult patients with dengue haemorrhagic fever in Singapore

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1154-1159

  Lee, V J ^a   Lye, D C ^a   Sun, Y ^b   Leo, Y S ^a  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL HEALTHCARE GROUP   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Algorithm; Decision tree; Dengue; Dengue haemorrhagic fever; Hospitalization; Prediction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; DECISION MAKING; DENGUE FEVER; HEALTH MONITORING; HEALTH SERVICES; PROTEIN; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENGUE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGAPORE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; DECISION TREES; DENGUE HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SINGAPORE; YOUNG ADULT;

ASIA; EURASIA; SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA]; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 69249177910     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2009.02337.x     Document Type: Article

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