Understanding Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) using tree-based classifiers.
Journal:
Drug and alcohol dependence
Published Date:
Mar 1, 2020
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Opioid Use Disorder (OUD), defined as a physical or psychological reliance on opioids, is a public health epidemic. Identifying adults likely to develop OUD can help public health officials in planning effective intervention strategies. The aim of this paper is to develop a machine learning approach to predict adults at risk for OUD and to identify interactions between various characteristics that increase this risk.