Does machine learning improve prediction of VA primary care reliance?
Journal:
The American journal of managed care
PMID:
31951358
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: The Veterans Affairs (VA) Health Care System is among the largest integrated health systems in the United States. Many VA enrollees are dual users of Medicare, and little research has examined methods to most accurately predict which veterans will be mostly reliant on VA services in the future. This study examined whether machine learning methods can better predict future reliance on VA primary care compared with traditional statistical methods.