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Title: Improving the quality of patient care using reliability measures : a classification tree approach
Related: Statistics in medicine, Vol. 26, Issue 1, p.184-196
DOI: 10.1002/sim.2461
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Date: 2007
Author/Creator: Graham, P. L
Author/Creator: Kuhnert, P. M
Author/Creator: Cook, D. A
Author/Creator: Mengersen, K
Description: This paper considers the application and interpretation of new reliability measures for a classification tree-based medical risk assessment tool. Following the construction of a classification tree reliability measures may then be used to provide an estimate of the precision of the classification and the probability in each terminal node of the classification tree. Identification of unreliable nodes (those that have low precision) in this application may indicate patient groups requiring closer monitoring or scenarios in which further information about the patient is required, thereby providing medical practitioners with an avenue for more informed decision making.
Description: 13 page(s)
Subject Keyword: binary response
Subject Keyword: health
Subject Keyword: intensive care
Subject Keyword: recursive partitioning
Subject Keyword: quality monitoring
Resource Type: journal article
Organisation: Macquarie University. Dept. of Statistics

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