Development of a risk adjustment mortality model using the American College of CardiologyNational Cardiovascular Data Registry (ACCNCDR) experience: 19982000
Richard E. Shaw, PhD, FACC*,*,
H. Vernon Anderson, MD, FACC*,
Ralph G. Brindis, MD, FACC*,
Ronald J. Krone, MD, FACC*,
Lloyd W. Klein, MD, FACC*,
Charles R. McKay, MD, FACC*,
Peter C. Block, MD, FACC*,
Leslee J. Shaw, PhD*,
Kathleen Hewitt, MS, RN*,
William S. Weintraub, MD, FACC* ACC-NCDR*
* San Francisco Heart Institute at Seton Medical Center, Daly City, California 94015, USA

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Figure 1 Plot of observed (x-axis) versus predicted (y-axis) deaths ordered by decile of risk in the training set.
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