A computer-assisted model for predicting probability of dying within 7 days of hospice admission in patients with terminal cancer

Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 449-455

  Chiang, Jui Kun ^a,b   Cheng, Yu Hsiang ^c   Koo, Malcolm ^b   Kao, Yee Hsin ^d,e   Chen, Ching Yu ^f,g  

^a BUDDHIST TZU CHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NANHUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHENGCHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d TAINAN MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

^g NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Advanced cancer; Computer assisted estimated probability; Hospice; Palliative; Survival

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDEMA; FEMALE; FEVER; HEART RATE; HOSPICE PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JAUNDICE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PROBABILITY; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PROCESS MODEL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; STATISTICAL MODEL; TERMINAL DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL; TAIWAN;

ADULT; AGED; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FEMALE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TAIWAN;

EID: 77952577749     PISSN: 03682811     EISSN: 14653621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jjco/hyp188     Document Type: Article

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