Correlates of Prognosis
A Study of the Physician??s Clinical Judgment
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9102511 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Bernard S Linn (University of Miami, corresponding author), Margaret W Linn (University of Miami), Lee Gurel (0009-0002-0018-0171, United States Department of Veterans Affairs) |
| Year | 1973 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 430-435 |
| Publication date | 1973-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Medical Care (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0025-7079 • E-ISSN: 1537-1948 |
| Publisher | Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1097/00005650-197309000-00007 |
| PMID | 4744979 |
| OpenAlex | W2064929706 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 1 |
As a step toward understanding and improving clinical judgment, this study clarifies the bases or physicians' prognostic judgments and evaluates accuracy of prognosis against an outcome criterion. Prognoses of improve, remain the same, and deteriorate or die were made for 477 mostly elderly patients being placed from a VA Hospital into 40 community nursing homes. It was found that prognosis was importantly influenced by a diagnosis of internal cancer, far more importantly, in fact, than was warranted by its relationship to outcome. Physical impairment was also a significant determinant of prognosis, but to a lesser degree than might have been anticipated considering its importance in diagnosis and treatment. Prognostic accuracy was found to be quite poor, a finding which supports the relevance of further inquiry into the problem of prognostic judgments
Clinical judgment · Intensive care medicine · Medical physics · Outcome (game theory) · Relevance (law) · Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life · Healthcare cost, quality, practices · Medical Malpractice and Liability Issues · Medicine
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |