title: Letter to the editor: Method to evaluate the abilities of scores to predict mortality: rather than receiver operating characteristic curves.
authors.affiliation: West China Hospital, Sichuan University, No. 37 Guo Xue Xiang, Chengdu 610041, Sichuan, China; West China School of Medicine, Sichuan University, No. 37 Guo Xue Xiang, Chengdu 610041, Sichuan, China. Electronic address: xinglu_0707@163.com.
authors.forename: Lu
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Xing
authors.affiliation: West China Hospital, Sichuan University, No. 37 Guo Xue Xiang, Chengdu 610041, Sichuan, China; West China School of Medicine, Sichuan University, No. 37 Guo Xue Xiang, Chengdu 610041, Sichuan, China. Electronic address: crq0415@126.com.
authors.forename: Ruiqi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: West China Hospital, Sichuan University, No. 37 Guo Xue Xiang, Chengdu 610041, Sichuan, China; West China School of Medicine, Sichuan University, No. 37 Guo Xue Xiang, Chengdu 610041, Sichuan, China. Electronic address: jiang_xiaolian0508@126.com.
authors.forename: Xiaolian
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Jiang
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D012372:ROC Curve