External validation of a web-based prognostic tool for predicting survival for patients in hospice care

Journal of Palliative Care

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 140-146

  Miladinovic, Branko ^a   Mhaskar, Rahul ^b   Kumar, Ambuj ^b   Kim, Sehwan ^c   Schonwetter, Ronald ^c   Djulbegovic, Benjamin ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c HPC Healthcare   (United States)

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

Author keywords

External validation; Palliative performance scale; Prognostat; Royston Parmar survival models; Survival prognostication

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886669029     PISSN: 08258597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/082585971302900302     Document Type: Article

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