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Table 5 Proportions of cases correctly predicted (sensitivity and specificity) for various classification cut-offs

From: Identifying high-need patients with multimorbidity from their illness perceptions and personal resources to manage their health and care: a longitudinal study

 

Frequent contact with general practice

Use of general practice out-of-office service

Unplanned hospitalisation

Poor health related quality of life

Final model

Chi2(3) = 21.512

(P < .001)

Chi2(3) = 16.037

(P = .001)

Chi2(1) = 9.654

(P = .002)

Chi2(7) = 137.288

(P < .001)

N

552

577

580

541

AUC

.626

.612

.609

.837

Classification cut-off:

      

Sens.a

Spec.b

 .10

      

90.8

57.2

 .15

      

81.7

67.6

 .16

      

80.7

68.1

 .17

      

79.8

69.7

 .20

      

74.3

75.2

 .25

      

67.9

82.2

 .50

      

43.1

94.0

  1. a Sens. = Sensitivity: number of cases predicted with adverse outcome / total number of cases observed with adverse outcome
  2. b Spec. = Specificity: number of cases not predicted with adverse outcome / total number of cases not observed with adverse outcome
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