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ArticleInternational journal of epidemiology2021

Intersections of machine learning and epidemiological methods for health services research.

Sherri Rose

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Article in International journal of epidemiology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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21 citing papers in PubMed.

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Sherri RoseDepartment of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, 180 Longwood Ave, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.

Funding

Machine Learning for Health Outcomes and Quality of Care in Low-Income PopulationsDP2MD012722 · NIMHD · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI ROSE, SHERRI · 2017 to 2017
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NIMHD NIH HHS DP2 MD012722
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The field of health services research is broad and seeks to answer questions about the health care system. It is inherently interdisciplinary, and epidemiologists have made crucial contributions. Parametric regression techniques remain standard practice in health services research with machine learning techniques currently having low penetrance in comparison. However, studies in several prominent areas, including health care spending, outcomes and quality, have begun deploying machine learning tools for these applications. Nevertheless, major advances in epidemiological methods are also as yet underleveraged in health services research. This article summarizes the current state of machine learning in key areas of health services research, and discusses important future directions at the intersection of machine learning and epidemiological methods for health services research.

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Health Services ResearchMachine LearningDelivery of Health CareEpidemiologic MethodsHumanshealth outcomeshealth qualityhealth services researchMachine learning

Identifiers

PMID32236476
PMCPMC7825941

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