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. 2022 May 8;30:34. doi: 10.1186/s13049-022-01021-5

Table 4.

Prediction model accuracy (validation set)

High-risk prediction Low-risk prediction
Prediction model Swedish index for medical priority dispatch Prediction model Swedish index for medical priority dispatch
Number of variables in model 11 10
Cut-off, % 10 90
Sensitivity, % 89 77 10 1
Specificity, % 51 38 97 99
Positive predictive value, % 27 20 89 64
Negative predictive value, % 96 89 33 32
AUROC 0.789 0.737
Highest priority dispatch, n (%) 488 (56) 563 (65)
Lowest priority dispatch, n (%) 64 (7) 11 (1)
Patients with high-risk condition given lowest priority, n (%) 3 (5) 3 (27)

AUROC area under receiver operating characteristic curve

Calculations based on validation set with 868 EMS missions