Extensions to regret-based decision curve analysis: An application to hospice referral for terminal patients

BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Tsalatsanis, Athanasios ^a   Barnes, Laura E ^a   Hozo, Iztok ^b   Djulbegovic, Benjamin ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY NORTHWEST   (United States)

^c H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; HOSPICE; HUMAN; PATIENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; STATISTICS;

DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; HOSPICES; HUMANS; PATIENTS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 84155191021     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6947-11-77     Document Type: Review

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