Summary of Predicting Elevated Risk Of Hospitalization Following Emergency Department Discharges, by Dat Hong et al.
Predicting Elevated Risk of Hospitalization Following Emergency Department Discharges
by Dat Hong, Philip M. Polgreen, Alberto Maria Segre
First submitted to arxiv on: 28 Jun 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary The proposed paper applies data mining techniques to a large hospitalization dataset to develop accurate models predicting upcoming hospitalizations after emergency department visits. By combining logistics regression, naïve Bayes, and association rule classifiers, the authors achieve high accuracy in predicting hospitalizations within 3, 7, and 14 days of discharge. The models are not only accurate but also easily interpretable by humans, enabling physicians to operationalize the learned rules and predict patient risk for early admission. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary This paper helps doctors make better decisions about when patients need to go back to the hospital after visiting the emergency room. By studying a big dataset of past hospitalizations, researchers developed models that can predict with high accuracy whether someone will end up in the hospital again within 3-14 days. The best part is that these models are easy for doctors to understand and use, so they can make more informed decisions about their patients. |
Keywords
* Artificial intelligence * Regression
