A Machine Learning-Based Predictive Model to Identify Patients Who Failed to Attend a Follow-up Visit for Diabetes Care After Recommendations From a National Screening Program.

Journal: Diabetes care
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Abstract

OBJECTIVE: Reportedly, two-thirds of the patients who were positive for diabetes during screening failed to attend a follow-up visit for diabetes care in Japan. We aimed to develop a machine-learning model for predicting people's failure to attend a follow-up visit.

Authors

  • Akira Okada
    Department of Prevention of Diabetes and Lifestyle-Related Diseases, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
  • Yohei Hashimoto
    Department of Ophthalmology, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
  • Tadahiro Goto
    Department of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States of America. Electronic address: tag695@mail.harvard.edu.
  • Satoko Yamaguchi
    Department of Prevention of Diabetes and Lifestyle-Related Diseases, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
  • Sachiko Ono
    Department of Eat-loss Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
  • Kayo Ikeda Kurakawa
    Department of Prevention of Diabetes and Lifestyle-Related Diseases, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
  • Masaomi Nangaku
    Division of Nephrology and Endocrinology, The University of Tokyo Hospital, Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan.
  • Toshimasa Yamauchi
    Department of Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
  • Hideo Yasunaga
    Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Health Economics, School of Public Health, The University of Tokyo.
  • Takashi Kadowaki
    Department of Prevention of Diabetes and Lifestyle-Related Diseases, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.