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Table 9 Ridge analysis of top 10 measures with the highest overall importance: quality of care (in descending order of estimates)

From: Leverage machine learning to identify key measures in hospital operations management: a retrospective study to explore feasibility and performance of four common algorithms

Measure

coef

abs_coef

 

0.4983641

0.4983641

Inpatient laboratory

0.0673418

0.0673418

Admitted patients

-0.0659694

0.0659694

Outpatient pharmaceuticals

0.0396581

0.0396581

Surgeries

0.0241091

0.0241091

Outpatient examination

-0.0194505

0.0194505

Outpatient surgery

0.0147981

0.0147981

Level III & IV surgeries

0.0102646

0.0102646

Other operating costs

-0.0096346

0.0096346

Equipment depreciation

-0.0089883

0.0089883

Inpatient examination

-0.0050998

0.0050998