Application of machine learning approaches to administrative claims data to predict clinical outcomes in medical and surgical patient populations.

Journal: PloS one
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Abstract

OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to develop and validate a claims-based, machine learning algorithm to predict clinical outcomes across both medical and surgical patient populations.

Authors

  • Emily J MacKay
    Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America.
  • Michael D Stubna
    Penn Predictive Healthcare, Penn Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America.
  • Corey Chivers
    Penn Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
  • Michael E Draugelis
    Penn Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
  • William J Hanson
    Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America.
  • Nimesh D Desai
  • Peter W Groeneveld
    From the Department of Veterans Affairs' Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion, Michael J. Crescenz Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA (P.W.G.); Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, and Center for Cardiovascular Outcomes, Quality, and Evaluative Research, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (P.W.G.); University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO (J.S.R.); Veterans Affairs Eastern Colorado Health System, Denver (J.S.R.); and American College of Cardiology, Washington, DC (J.S.R.). petergro@upenn.edu.