Using Machine Learning to Predict Primary Care and Advance Workforce Research.

Journal: Annals of family medicine
Published Date:

Abstract

PURPOSE: To develop and test a machine-learning-based model to predict primary care and other specialties using Medicare claims data.

Authors

  • Peter Wingrove
    University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania pmw27@pitt.edu.
  • Winston Liaw
    Robert Graham Center, Washington, DC, and University of Houston College of Medicine, Department of Health Systems and Population Health Sciences.
  • Jeremy Weiss
    University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI.
  • Stephen Petterson
    Robert Graham Center, American Academy of Family Physicians, Leawood, USA.
  • John Maier
    3 Department of Family Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
  • Andrew Bazemore
    Robert Graham Center, Washington, DC.