Development of an automated model to predict the risk of elderly emergency medical admissions within a month following an index hospital visit: A Hong Kong experience

Health Informatics Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 46-56

  Tsui, Eva ^a   Au, S Y ^a   Wong, C P ^a   Cheung, Alan ^a   Lam, Peggo ^a  

^a HOSPITAL AUTHORITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Elderly; emergency admission; risk prediction

Indexed keywords

AGED; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; THEORETICAL MODEL; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PATIENT READMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84924953699     PISSN: 14604582     EISSN: 17412811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1460458213501095     Document Type: Article

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