Application of data mining to the identification of critical factors in patient falls using a web-based reporting system

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 141-150

  Lee, Ting Ting ^a   Liu, Chieh Yu ^a   Kuo, Ya Hui ^b   Mills, Mary Etta ^c   Fong, Jian Guo ^a   Hung, Cheyu ^d  

^a NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF NURSING AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b CHIA YI CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d CAPITAL UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (China)

Author keywords

Data mining; Falls; Incidents; Information system; Nursing

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; CRITICAL FACTORS; DEPENDENT VARIABLES; FALLS; FEATURE SELECTION; HEALTHCARE INSTITUTIONS; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INCIDENT REPORTING SYSTEMS; INCIDENTS; LOGISTIC REGRESSIONS; MEDICAL CENTER; NEGATIVE PREDICTIVE VALUE; NURSING INTERVENTIONS; PATIENT SAFETY; POSITIVE PREDICTIVE VALUES; PREDICTIVE MODELS; REPORTING SYSTEMS; ROC CURVES;

FEATURE EXTRACTION; HOSPITALS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; NEURAL NETWORKS; NURSING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

DATA MINING;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; DIURETIC AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; SEDATIVE AGENT;

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; CHILD; DATA MINING; FALLING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; NURSING CARE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCHOOL CHILD; WEB BROWSER;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA MINING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; INTERNET; MIDDLE AGED; RISK MANAGEMENT; SAFETY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78751705674     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2010.10.009     Document Type: Article

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