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Published in final edited form as: Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2024 Dec 19;51(3):178–191. doi: 10.1016/j.jcjq.2024.12.005

Table 3. Risk Analysisi Index (RAI) Model Performance*.

Robust Normal Frail Very Frail
RAI-A 2010–2014 VASQIP sample, N = 480,731
Score Range ≤ 20 21–29 30–39 ≥ 40
Predicted 30-day Mortality, % 0.1 0.8 3.8 69.9
Predicted 180-day Mortality, % 0.3 3.1 13.9 91.5
Sensitivity, % 99.7 76.9 43.1 0.6
Specificity, % 7.6 76.5 95.9 100.0
PPV, % 3.9 10.8 27.9 79.0
NPV, % 99.8 98.9 97.8 96.4
F1 0.6826 0.7672 0.5850 0.0113
MCC 0.0366 0.2667 0.1946 0.0028
RAI-C July-December 2016 UPMC Sample, N = 8,172
Score Range ≤ 29 30–36 37–44 ≥ 45
Predicted 180-day Mortality, % 0.6 3.6 7.7 43.8
Sensitivity, % 98.6 68.1 32.9 0.0
Specificity, % 22.9 77.0 94.0 99.9
PPV, % 3.3 7.3 12.8 0.0
NPV, % 99.8 98.9 98.1 97.4
F1 0.7153 0.7127 0.4737 0
MCC 0.1075 0.2255 0.1345 -0.0005
RAI-ICD 2020 National Inpatient Sample, N = 1,771,081
Score Range < 27 27–35 36–45 > 45
Predicted Mortality, % 0.9 3 7.2 30.2
Sensitivity, % 95.3 59 32.2 0.8
Specificity, % 35.5 82 92.7 99.9
PPV, % 2.3 14 29.7 82.4
NPV, % 99.8 98 93.5 73.2
F1 0.7336 0.663 0.4617 0.0155
MCC 0.1539 0.2025 0.1247 0.0036
*

Threshold values for calculating dichotomous statistics set at the middle of the range of RAI score (for example, robust, normal, frail, and very frail) correspond to threshold values of RAI-A = 11, 25, 35, 61; RAI-C = 15, 33, 41, 63; and RAI-ICD = 14, 31, 41, 63, respectively). VASQIP, US Department of Veterans Affairs Surgical Quality Improvement Program; PPV, positive predictive value; NPV, negative predictive value; MCC, Matthews correlation coefficient; A, administrative; C, clinical; ICD, International Classification of Diseases.