An empirical analysis of dealing with patients who are lost to follow-up when developing prognostic models using a cohort design
Abstract Background Researchers developing prediction models are faced with numerous design choices that may impact model performance. One key decision is how to include patients who are lost to follow-up. In this paper we perform a large-scale empirical evaluation investigating the impact of this d...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2021-02-01
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| Series: | BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12911-021-01408-x |