Comparison of predictive modeling approaches for 30-day all-cause non-elective readmission risk

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Tong, Liping ^a   Erdmann, Cole ^b   Daldalian, Marina ^b   Li, Jing ^b   Esposito, Tina ^a  

^a ADVOCATE HEALTH CARE   (United States)

^b CERNER CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Ada Boost; LASSO; Predictive Models; Readmission Risk; STEPWISE

Indexed keywords

AREA UNDER THE CURVE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; ILLINOIS; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME FACTOR; URBAN POPULATION;

AREA UNDER CURVE; CHICAGO; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT READMISSION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLE SIZE; TIME FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84959335948     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12874-016-0128-0     Document Type: Article

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