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Table 2 Discrimination and calibration of the artificial neural network and the ACS-NSQIP surgical risk calculator for the prediction of 30-day readmission following primary total knee arthroplasty

From: Comparing prediction accuracy for 30-day readmission following primary total knee arthroplasty: the ACS-NSQIP risk calculator versus a novel artificial neural network model

Metric

Artificial neural network

ACS risk calculator

AUC

0.72

0.55

Slope (calibration plot)

1.32

− 0.21

Intercept (calibration plot)

− 0.09

0.04

Brier score

0.034

0.022

  1. AUC: Area under the receiver operating characteristic curve; ACS: American College of Surgeons.