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Table 3 Discrimination performance of the (-9 to 49) score. The MET risk score is divided into quartiles, where the statistic cut-off (> 14 points) coincides with the second quartile upper limit (i.e. the median)

From: Outcome prediction for patients assessed by the medical emergency team: a retrospective cohort study

DISCRIMINATION PERFORMANCE

 

>10

>14

>17

n (%)

1957–1985 (75–76)

1213–1242 (47–48)

624–659 (24–25)

Sensitivity (%)

95–96

75–77

45–48

Specificity (%)

31–33

64–65

84–85

PPV (%)

36–37

46–48

53–56

NPV (%)

94–95

86–87

79–80

  1. PPV Positive predictive value, NPV Negative predictive value