A machine learning tool for identifying patients with newly diagnosed diabetes in primary care.

Journal: Primary care diabetes
Published Date:

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND AIM: It is crucial to identify a diabetes diagnosis early. Create a predictive model utilizing machine learning (ML) to identify new cases of diabetes in primary health care (PHC).

Authors

  • Per Wändell
    Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden.
  • Axel C Carlsson
    Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden; Academic Primary Health Care Centre, Region Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden. Electronic address: axel.carlsson@ki.se.
  • Marcelina Wierzbicka
    Department of Emergency and Internal Medicine, Skånes University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden; Department of Clinical Sciences Malmö, Lund University & Department of Internal Medicine, Skåne, Sweden.
  • Karolina Sigurdsson
    Department of Emergency and Internal Medicine, Skånes University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden; Department of Clinical Sciences Malmö, Lund University & Department of Internal Medicine, Skåne, Sweden.
  • Johan Ärnlöv
    Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden; School of Health and Social Studies, Dalarna University, Falun, Sweden.
  • Julia Eriksson
    Division of Biostatistics, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
  • Caroline Wachtler
    Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden.
  • Toralph Ruge
    Department of Emergency and Internal Medicine, Skånes University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden; Department of Clinical Sciences Malmö, Lund University & Department of Internal Medicine, Skåne, Sweden.