Choosing a model to predict hospital admission: An observational study of new variants of predictive models for case finding

BMJ Open

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Billings, John ^a   Georghiou, Theo ^b   Blunt, Ian ^b   Bardsley, Martin ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b London   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CASE FINDING; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH HAZARD; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REGISTER; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EID: 84884570154     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-003352     Document Type: Article

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