Table 2 Classification outcomes in hospitalization prediction.

From: Integrating machine learning and time-to-event models to explain and predict risk of hospitalization due to dengue in Colombia

Classification term

Definition

True positives (TP)

Corresponding to hospitalized patients correctly predicted as hospitalized

True negatives (TN)

Referring to non-hospitalized patients correctly predicted as non-hospitalized

False positives (FP)

Denoting non-hospitalized patients incorrectly predicted as hospitalized

False negatives (FN)

Indicating hospitalized patients incorrectly predicted as non-hospitalized

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