External validation of the QCovid risk prediction algorithm for risk of COVID-19 hospitalisation and mortality in adults: national validation cohort study in Scotland.

Colin R SimpsonChris RobertsonStephen J Kerr Ting ShiEleftheria VasileiouEmily MooreColin McCowanUtkarsh AgrawalAnnemarie DochertyRachel MulhollandJosie MurrayLewis Duthie RitchieJim McMenaminJulia Hippisley-CoxAziz Sheikh

Published in: Thorax (2021)

Version 1 of the QCovid algorithm showed high levels of discrimination in predicting the risk of COVID-19 hospitalisations and deaths in adults resident in Scotland for the original two time periods studied, but is likely to need ongoing recalibration prospectively.

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