Injury
Volume 41, Issue 8 , Pages 869-873 , August 2010

Comparison of artificial neural network and logistic regression models for predicting mortality in elderly patients with hip fracture

  • Chen-Chiang Lin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopedics, National Taiwan University Hospital Yun-Lin Branch, Douliou City, Yunlin 640, Taiwan
    • Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, 123 Section 3, University Road, Douliou City, Yunlin 640, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Yang-Kun Ou

      Affiliations

    • Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, 123 Section 3, University Road, Douliou City, Yunlin 640, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Shyh-Huei Chen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, 123 Section 3, University Road, Douliou City, Yunlin 640, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Yung-Ching Liu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, 123 Section 3, University Road, Douliou City, Yunlin 640, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Jinn Lin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopedics, National Taiwan University Hospital Yun-Lin Branch, Douliou City, Yunlin 640, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +886 5 532 3911; fax: +886 5 537 9742.

,Accepted 22 April 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.injury.2010.04.023

Injury
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