Predicting outcome

Authors

  • Dr Bruce Biccard

Keywords:

Risk prediction, cardiovascular morbidity

Abstract

The primary goal in risk prediction is to take a population risk prediction and convert this to a risk prediction for an individual. This is the concept of converting the pretest probability of the population to that of a post-test probability for the individual.

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Published

2012-01-13

Issue

Vol. 18 No. 1 (2012)

Section

SASA Refresher Text

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