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. 2019 Mar 28;14(3):e0214194. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0214194

Table 5. Prognostic accuracy of the total score PACD resp. SPI compared to combined PACD/SPI.

Medical patients
Risk for PAC discharge sensitivity specifity positive predictive value (%) negative predictive value (%)
PACD Intermediate+High Riska 72.7% 65.4% 20.9% 95%
High Risk 22.7% 93.8% 31.5% 90.6%
SPI Riskc 64.0% 83.7% 32.8% 94.9%
PACD/SPI Intermediate+High Riskb 68% 82% 32.3% 95.3%
High Risk 34.7% 93.7% 40.9% 91.9%
Neurological patients
Risk for PAC discharge sensitivity specifity positive predictive value (%) negative predictive value (%)
PACD Intermediate+High Riska 40.4% 80.8% 39.2% 81.6%
High Risk 6.4% 98.1% 50% 77.4%
SPI Riskc 58.5% 85.1% 54.5% 87.0%
PACD/SPI Intermediate+High Riskb 55.3% 85.4% 53.6% 86.2%
High Risk 30.9% 95.8% 69% 81.9%

a cut-off: intermediate ≥8; high: ≥16

b cut-off: intermediate: >15; high: >25

c cut-off: risk ≤32

Abbreviations: PAC: post-acute care; PACD: post-acute care discharge score; SPI: self-care index