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ArticleBMC research notes2022

Reproducibility of prediction models in health services research.

Lazaros Belbasis, Orestis A Panagiotou

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Article in BMC research notes, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Lazaros BelbasisMeta-Research Innovation Center Berlin, QUEST Center, Berlin Institute of Health, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany. lazaros.belbasis@charite.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2334-6974
Orestis A PanagiotouCenter for Evidence Synthesis in Health, School of Public Health, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9604-8380

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The field of health services research studies the health care system by examining outcomes relevant to patients and clinicians but also health economists and policy makers. Such outcomes often include health care spending, and utilization of care services. Building accurate prediction models using reproducible research practices for health services research is important for evidence-based decision making. Several systematic reviews have summarized prediction models for outcomes relevant to health services research, but these systematic reviews do not present a thorough assessment of reproducibility and research quality of the prediction modelling studies. In the present commentary, we discuss how recent advances in prediction modelling in other medical fields can be applied to health services research. We also describe the current status of prediction modelling in health services research, and we summarize available methodological guidance for the development, update, external validation and systematic appraisal of prediction models.

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Evidence-Based MedicineHealth Services ResearchAdministrative PersonnelHumansReproducibility of ResultsHealth services researchMachine learningOpen SciencePrediction modellingReproducibilityResearch MethodologyTransparency

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PMID35690767
PMCPMC9188254

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