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Handbook of Statistical Analysis and Data Mining Applications
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Handbook of Statistical Analysis and Data Mining Applications

by Robert Nisbet, John Elder, Gary Miner
May 2009
Beginner to intermediate content levelBeginner to intermediate
864 pages
23h 13m
English
Elsevier Science
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Predicting Self-Reported Health Status Using Artificial Neural Networks

Nephi Walton, Stacey Knight, MStat and Mollie R. Poynton, Ph.D., APRN, BC

Edited byGary Miner, Ph.D.

Background

Self-reported health status in the form of the question “How would you say your health in general is?” has been shown to be an excellent predictor of mortality, health care utilization, and disability (Mossey and Shapiro, 1982; Idler et al., 1992; Idler and Kasl, 1995; Idler and Benyamini, 1997; Idler et al., 2004; Maciejewski et al., 2005). While the strength of effect varies, the predictive power of self-reported health status has been found in different countries, racial/ethnic groups, age groups, and patient populations (Mossey ...

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ISBN: 9780080912035