articleBMJFeb 23, 2009Closed access

Prognosis and prognostic research: what, why, and how?

KGKarel G.M. MoonsPRPatrick RoystonYVYvonne VergouweDEDiederick E. GrobbeeDGDouglas G. Altman

University Medical Center Utrecht · MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL · +1 more institution

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Abstract

Doctors have little specific research to draw on when predicting outcome. In this first article in a series Karel Moons and colleagues explain why research into prognosis is important and how to design such research

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  • Karel
  • Outcome (game theory)
  • Computer science
  • Data science
  • Medicine
  • Programming language
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