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Table 3 Comparing top ranked RAI-HC items with items in the CA rehabilitation algorithm

From: Opinion versus practice regarding the use of rehabilitation services in home care: an investigation using machine learning algorithms

Top ranked items by the LASSO and the RF

Items included in the CA rehabilitation algorithm

K6A

uUnsteady gait

D5

ADL decline

H3

ADL decline

D4D

Stair climbing

K6B

Limits going outdoors due to fear of falling

D4A†

Meal preparation

JIX

Cancer (last 5 years)

D4B†

Managing housework

H7A

Client believes can improve

D4C†

Managing medications

K5

Falls frequency

C1‡

Skills of daily decision making

P2W

Nurse monitoring < daily

C2A‡

Bathing

H4B

Stair climbing

C2B‡

Personal hygiene

H5

Mode of locomotion - indoors

C2C‡

Dressing lower body

H4A

Mode of locomotion – outdoors

C2D

Locomotion

O2B

Better off in different environment

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