Development of a clinical prediction model to calculate patient life expectancy: the measure of actuarial life expectancy (male)

OBJECTIVES: To develop a clinical prediction model enabling the calculation of an individual patient's life expectancy (LE) and survival probability based on age, sex, and comorbidity for use in the joint decision-making process regarding medical treatment. METHODS: A computer software program was d...

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Published in:Medical Decision Making Vol. 29; no. 2; pp. 239 - 247
Main Authors: Clarke MG, Kennedy KP, Macdonagh RP
Format: research Journal Article
Published: Sage Publications Inc. Mar/Apr2009
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