Towards automated calculation of evidence-based clinical scores

Table 4 Predictors of desirability of score automation based on number of each variable type in each score

Automation: Very important/nice to have	OR (95%CI)
Critical care
n of variables	0.68 (0.23, 1.59)
Clinical history	1.36 (0.36, 4.93)
Vital sign	1.40 (0.53, 4.6)
Medication	4.89 (0.10, 237.52)
Clinical judgment	2.33 (0.76, 9.80)
Examination	0.99 (0.36, 3.14)
Laboratory value	1.48 (0.61, 4.41)
Charted variable (non-vital)	2.26 (0.70, 8.93)
Demographic value	0.20 (0.03, 1.00)
Another score	2.07 (0.39, 12.13)
Internal medicine
n of variables	0.64 (0.39, 1.04)
Clinical history	2.34a (1.26, 4.67)
Vital sign	1.88a (1.03, 3.68)
Medication	2.89 (0.37, 63.17)
Clinical judgment	1.41 (0.75, 2.74)
Examination	1.56 (0.88, 2.87)
Laboratory value	1.51 (0.90, 2.62)
Charted variable (non-vital)	2.54 (0.85, 8.70)
Demographic value	0.90 (0.41, 1.97)
Another score	0.89 (0.30, 2.17)

^aP < 0.05.