Accounting for clustering in automated variable selection using hospital data: a comparison of different LASSO approaches

S Bollmann, A Groll, MM Havranek - BMC Medical Research Methodology, 2023 - Springer
Background Automated feature selection methods such as the Least Absolute Shrinkage
and Selection Operator (LASSO) have recently gained importance in the prediction of quality …

Impact of gender on 10-year outcome after coronary artery bypass grafting

F Barili, P D'Errigo, S Rosato, F Biancari… - Interactive …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
OBJECTIVES Our goal was to evaluate the impact of gender on the 10-year outcome of
patients after isolated coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) included in the Italian …

Risk adjustment for lumbar dysfunction: comparison of linear mixed models with and without inclusion of between-clinic variation as a random effect

SC Yen, MB Corkery, KK Chui, J Manjourides… - Physical …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Background Valid comparison of patient outcomes of physical therapy care requires risk
adjustment for patient characteristics using statistical models. Because patients are …

Assessing the accuracy of profiling methods for identifying top providers: performance of mental health care providers

VY Ding, RA Hubbard, CM Rutter, GE Simon - Health Services and …, 2013 - Springer
Provider profiling as a means to describe and compare the performance of health care
professionals has gained momentum in the past decade. As a key component of pay-for …

[图书][B] Examination of Postoperative Outcomes Following Elective Colorectal Surgery

MK Romstad - 2023 - search.proquest.com
While a considerable amount of progress has been made on reducing poor postoperative
outcomes following elective colon resection, including the design of a colectomy-specific …

Mortalidade hospitalar: modelos preditivos de risco usando os dados do sistema de informações hospitalares do SUS

AS Gomes - 2009 - lume.ufrgs.br
CONTEXTUALIZAÇÃO: A preocupação com a qualidade da assistência tem aumentado nas
últimas décadas em todo o mundo. O aumento da demanda, aliado à escassez de recursos …

Multilevel modelling of routine data to investigate individual and contextual influences on disparities in myocardial infarction rates and outcomes for Aboriginal people

DA Randall - 2015 - search.proquest.com
Background: Heart disease is a leading cause of the health gap between Aboriginal and
non-Aboriginal people in Australia. Higher incidence of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) …

[PDF][PDF] A hierarchical survival model to describe patterns and factors associated with HIV/AIDS Portuguese hospitalizations

S Dias, V Andreozzi, RO Martins, J Torgal - ceaul.org
Background The beneficial effects of highly active antiretroviral therapy, increasing survival
and the prevention of AIDS defining illness development are well established. However, the …

Statistical approaches to the analysis of hierarchical data using simulations and real data from a study of musculoskeletal symptoms

G Ntani - 2017 - eprints.soton.ac.uk
Clustering of observations is a common phenomenon in epidemiological research. A first
objective of this thesis was to explore the situations in which failure to account for clustering …

Hospital Profiling of the Cesarean Delivery Procedure for the State of Georgia, 2012

DF Giles - 2016 - search.proquest.com
Abstract Approximately 35.1% of live births for the state of Georgia were delivered by the
cesarean delivery procedure with significant variation among hospitals. The purpose of this …