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Table 4 Prediction model accuracy (validation set)

From: The potential of new prediction models for emergency medical dispatch prioritisation of patients with chest pain: a cohort study

 

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)

  1. AUROC area under receiver operating characteristic curve
  2. Calculations based on validation set with 868 EMS missions