Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 55, Issue 6 , Pages 553-555 , June 2010

When Less Is More: Using Shrinkage to Increase Accuracy

  • Robert L. Wears, MD, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency, University of Florida, Jacksonville, FL; and the Clinical Safety Research Unit, Imperial College, London, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: Robert L. Wears, MD, MS, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Florida, 655 W. 8th Street, Jacksonville, FL 32209; 904-244-4405, fax 904-244-4508
    • ,
  • Sharon-Lise Normand, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Healthcare Policy, Harvard University School of Medicine, Boston, MA

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 Supervising editor: Michael L. Callaham, MD

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PII: S0196-0644(10)00376-8

doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2010.04.010

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 55, Issue 6 , Pages 553-555 , June 2010

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