Estimating Nonfatal Gunshot Injury Locations With Natural Language Processing and Machine Learning Models.

Journal: JAMA network open
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Abstract

IMPORTANCE: Nonfatal gunshot injuries are the most common firearm injury, but where they frequently occur remains unclear owing to data limitations. Natural language processing can be applied to medical text narratives of gunshot injury records to classify injury location and inform prevention efforts.

Authors

  • Susan T Parker
    University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, Michigan.