Prognostication of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) patient survival

Shui Yee Wong, Yizhen Hai, Vincent C.C. Cheng, Kwok Yung Yuen, Kwok Leung Tsui

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Abstract

Prognostic methods are potentially beneficial for public health management. The blending of data-driven methods with the domain knowledge is essential to efficiently advance feature selection, anomaly detection, prognostics forecasting, data matching and clustering. This paper attempts to demonstrate how prognostic methods enable accurate Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) patient life prediction. The methodology is applied to MRSA patient survival analysis. Significant linear relationship is found between log (hazard) and age (p<#60;0.001). By adjusting the time-depending effect of age, we construct more accurate Cox's proportional hazard models. It is believed that understanding age effect on MRSA patient survival is able to receive more robust result using prognostic approaches. To further enhance model prediction power, it is suggested to explore statistical data transformation and adjustment under various attributes.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2011 Prognostics and System Health Management Conference, PHM-Shenzhen 2011
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2011
Externally publishedYes
Event2011 Prognostics and System Health Management Conference, PHM-Shenzhen 2011 - Shenzhen, China
Duration: May 24 2011May 25 2011

Publication series

Name2011 Prognostics and System Health Management Conference, PHM-Shenzhen 2011

Conference

Conference2011 Prognostics and System Health Management Conference, PHM-Shenzhen 2011
Country/TerritoryChina
CityShenzhen
Period24/5/1125/5/11

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

  • Health Informatics
  • Health Information Management

Keywords

  • Cox Proportional Hazdard Model
  • Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)
  • Multivariate Survival Analysis
  • Prognostication
  • Reliability Theory

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