Is increasing complexity of algorithms the price for higher accuracy? Virtual comparison of three algorithms for tertiary level management of chronic cough in people living with HIV in a low-income country

BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Mukabatsinda, Constance ^a   Nguyen, Jasmine ^b   Bisig, Bettina ^b   Lynen, Lutgarde ^b   Coppens, Yerma D ^a   Asiimwe, Anita ^a   Van Den Ende, Jef ^a,b  

^a Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Kigali   (Rwanda)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

algorithms; chronic cough; clinical decision making; complexity; harm; HIV

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COUGHING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; RWANDA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; CHRONIC DISEASE; COUGH; DECISION MAKING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RWANDA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84855883035     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6947-12-2     Document Type: Article

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