Decision analysis system and method for evaluating patient candidacy for a therapeutic procedure
First Claim
1. A method for predicting a healthcare outcome for a patient, comprising:
- (a) collecting data values representing a plurality of medical data elements from a plurality of past patients, the medical data elements being likely to be predictors for the healthcare outcome;
(b) grouping the medical data elements into a plurality of composite variables, each composite variable including a plurality of medical data elements;
(c) dichotomizing the medical data elements based on threshold values and assigning points to each medical data element based on the dichotomization;
(d) totaling the dichotomized points within each composite variable for each past patient;
(e) correlating composite variable point totals to healthcare outcome for each past patient to establish a predictive model for the healthcare outcome;
(f) applying the predictive model to the patient to predict the healthcare outcome for the patient.
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Abstract
A decision analysis method for evaluating patient candidacy for a therapeutic procedure is provided. The method includes predicting, in accordance with a predetermined quantitative predicative scoring system, the probability of an adverse effect on such patient absent such procedure where less than all of data elements used in the scoring system may be available. The method is used to predict a probability of death of a patient within a predetermined period of time and includes predicting, in accordance with a predetermined quantitative predicative scoring system. The probability of death for such patient within the predetermined period of time being determined from medical data elements of the patient where less than all of such medical data elements may be available for use by the scoring system. A method is also provided for generating a scoring system to predict a probability of death of a patient within a predetermined period of time.
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41 Claims
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1. A method for predicting a healthcare outcome for a patient, comprising:
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(a) collecting data values representing a plurality of medical data elements from a plurality of past patients, the medical data elements being likely to be predictors for the healthcare outcome;
(b) grouping the medical data elements into a plurality of composite variables, each composite variable including a plurality of medical data elements;
(c) dichotomizing the medical data elements based on threshold values and assigning points to each medical data element based on the dichotomization;
(d) totaling the dichotomized points within each composite variable for each past patient;
(e) correlating composite variable point totals to healthcare outcome for each past patient to establish a predictive model for the healthcare outcome;
(f) applying the predictive model to the patient to predict the healthcare outcome for the patient. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A method for developing a predictive model for determining a healthcare outcome for a patient, the predictive model operating on a plurality of medical data elements and being capable of predicting a healthcare outcome for the patient when data values for less than all of the plurality of medical data elements are available, the method comprising:
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(a) collecting historical patient data values for the plurality of medical data elements;
(b) transforming the data values into dichotomized values;
(c) total the dichotomized values into a plurality of composite variable values; and
(d) correlating the composite variable values to historical healthcare outcomes so that the predictive model can predict a healthcare outcome when data values are not available for all of the medical data elements. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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41. A method for generating a scoring system to predict a probability of death of a patient within a predetermined period of time, comprising:
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obtaining medical information comprising a plurality of medical data elements from each one of a plurality of patients, the medical information including only those data elements available during a predetermined period of time after each of the patients has been admitted to a critical care unit;
determining a significance value for each of the medical data elements, the significance value providing an indication of the significance of the medical data elements on any one of the patients dying within the predetermined period of time;
establishing from the determined significance values a plurality of groups of the medical data elements, the medical data elements in each one of the groups having significance values within a corresponding predetermined significance value range;
dichotomizing each medical data element with a corresponding inclusion/exclusion threshold level;
assigning a point value to each one of the dichotomized medical data elements;
for each one of the patients, calculating a total of the point values for each one of the groups including in the total only the medical elements determined by the last-mentioned dichotomization to be included within the total;
establishing a group threshold level for each one of the groups;
producing a binary output for each one of the groups in accordance with a comparison between the total of the points determined for each one of the groups and the corresponding group threshold; and
processing the binary outputs from the plurality of groups to provide a score corresponding to each one of the binary outputs indicating a probability of death within the predetermined period of time.
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