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. 2020 Apr 29;20:107. doi: 10.1186/s12890-020-1136-8

Table 3.

Prediction model performance in the test set, according to readmission outcomes

Model performance measures Overall 30-day readmission Early readmission
(within 7 days after discharge)
Late readmission
(8–30 days after discharge)
Reference model Optimized model Reference model Optimized model Reference model Optimized model
C statistic (95%CI)

0.57

(0.52 to 0.62)

0.58

(0.54 to 0.63)

0.57

(0.50 to 0.64)

0.63

(0.56 to 0.70)

0.65

(0.60 to 0.71)

0.68

(0.62 to 0.73)

Integrated discrimination improvement (95%CI)

0.009

(−0.001 to 0.020)

0.018

(0.003 to 0.032)

0.026

(0.009 to 0.042)

Continuous net reclassification improvement, (95%CI)

0.135

(− 0.031 to 0.302)

0.298

(0.060 to 0.537)

0.243

(0.028 to 0.459)

Abbreviation: CI Confidence interval

Models were derived from 1000 bootstrap resamples

For the model comparisons, the integrated discrimination improvement and net reclassification improvement values of > 0 indicate that, compared to the reference model, the optimized model has better discrimination and reclassification performance