Selecting the Best Prediction Model for Readmission

Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 259-266

  Lee, Eun Whan ^a  

^a Gachon University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Patient readmission; Quality of health care; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; CHILD; DECISION TREE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PREDICTION; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK FACTOR; SOUTH KOREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DECISION TREES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT READMISSION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867409450     PISSN: 19758375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3961/jpmph.2012.45.4.259     Document Type: Article

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