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Table 2 Prognostication accuracy in the full cohort and stratified across major disease groups. Full prognosis cohort includes individuals with a primary diagnosis classified as “cancer”, “dementia/frailty”, “heart disease”, “respiratory disease” and “other”. Shaded cells for the “Prediction” and “Survival” denote those for whom the prediction was accurate. Weighted Kappa denotes the agreement between prognostication outcome and survival, the higher the value the better the prognostic ability. Q1 First quartile, the value in the dataset that holds 25% of the values below it. Q3 Third Quartile, the value in the dataset that holds 25% of the values above it

From: Accuracy of clinical predictions of prognosis at the end-of-life: evidence from routinely collected data in urgent care records

 

Survival (n, % of row total)

 

Median survival (Days)

Interquartile range(Days)

Weighted Kappa

Prognostic accuracy table—Full prognosis cohort (Overall 62% agreement between prediction and survival)

 Prediction

Days

Weeks

Months

Years

Σ (% grand total)

 

Q1

Q3

0.634

  Days

2,420 (74.2%)

412 (12.6%)

173 (5.3%)

255 (7.8%)

3,260 (3.3%)

4

2

13

 

  Weeks

4,415 (35.4%)

3,972 (31.9%)

2,364 (19.0%)

1,706 (13.7%)

12,457 (12.7%)

24

8

86

 

  Months

2,256 (8.3%)

5,976 (22.0%)

8,738 (32.2%)

10,153 (37.4%)

27,123 (27.6%)

146

41

535

 

  Years

585 (1.1%)

1,916 (3.5%)

6,926 (12.5%)

45,920 (83.0%)

55,347 (56.4%)

639

456

914

 

  Σ (% grand total)

9,676 (9.9%)

12,276 (12.5%)

18,201 (18.5%)

58,034 (59.1%)

98,187

    

Prognostic accuracy table—Patients with Cancer

 Prediction

Days

Weeks

Months

Years

Σ (% grand total)

 

Q1

Q3

0.725

  Days

1,049 (79.5%)

184 (13.9%)

60 (4.5%)

27 (2.0%)

1,320 (4.8%)

4

2

11

 

  Weeks

2,500 (37.5%)

2,496 (37.5%)

1,207 (18.1%)

459 (6.9%)

6,662 (24.1%)

21

9

56

 

  Months

1,236 (9.6%)

3,860 (29.8%)

4,919 (38.0%)

2,919 (22.6%)

12,934 (46.8%)

83

32

239

 

  Years

101 (1.5%)

510 (7.6%)

1,544 (23.0%)

4,564 (67.9%)

6,719 (24.3%)

578

200

730

 

Σ (% grand total)

4,886 (17.7%)

7,050 (25.5%)

7,730 (28.0%)

7,969 (28.8%)

27,635

    

Prognostic accuracy table—Patients with Dementia/Frailty

 Prediction

Days

Weeks

Months

Years

Σ (% grand total)

 

Q1

Q3

0.749

  Days

550 (74.9%)

67 (9.1%)

40 (5.4%)

77 (10.5%)

734 (3.6%)

4

2

13

 

  Weeks

866 (38.4%)

449 (19.9%)

402 (17.8%)

541 (24.0%)

2,258 (11.0%)

28

7

261

 

  Months

463 (8.4%)

690 (12.5%)

1,374 (24.9%)

2,987 (54.1%)

5,514 (26.9%)

395

80

670

 

  Years

206 (1.7%)

502 (4.2%)

1,856 (15.5%)

9,405 (78.6%)

11,969 (58.5%)

609

395

761

 

Σ (% grand total)

2,085 (10.2%)

1,708 (8.3%)

3,672 (17.9%)

13,000 (63.5%)

20,475

    

Prognostic accuracy table—Patients with Heart Disease

 Prediction

Days

Weeks

Months

Years

Σ (% grand total)

 

Q1

Q3

0.666

  Days

247 (69.2%)

48 (13.4%)

19 (5.3%)

43 (12.0%)

357 (2.4%)

4

1

20

 

  Weeks

408 (36.2%)

267 (23.7%)

231 (20.5%)

220 (19.5%)

1,126 (7.5%)

30

7

174

 

  Months

250 (9.5%)

370 (14.1%)

709 (26.9%)

1302 (49.5%)

2,631 (17.6%)

308

61

639

 

  Years

114 (1.1%)

291 (2.7%)

1096 (10.1%)

9350 (86.2%)

10,851 (72.5%)

639

517

1064

 

Σ (% grand total)

1,019 (6.8%)

976 (6.5%)

2,056 (13.7%)

10,914 (72.9%)

14,965

    

Prognostic accuracy table—Patients with Respiratory disease

 Prediction

Days

Weeks

Months

Years

Σ (% grand total))

 

Q1

Q3

0.660

  Days

122 (63.5%)

23 (12.0%)

12 (6.3%)

35 (18.2%)

192 (2.4%)

5

1

34

 

  Weeks

201 (35.1%)

132 (23.1%)

112 (19.6%)

127 (22.2%)

572 (7.2%)

34

8

234

 

  Months

139 (8.2%)

293 (17.4%)

526 (31.2%)

728 (43.2%)

1,686 (21.3%)

220

54

609

 

  Years

44 (0.8%)

138 (2.5%)

630 (11.5%)

4,664 (85.2%)

5,476 (69.1%)

639

517

806

 

Σ (% grand total)

506 (6.4%)

586 (7.4%)

1,280 (16.1%)

5,554 (70.1%)

7,926