Comparison of linear, penalized linear and machine learning models predicting hospital visit costs from chronic disease in Thailand

Comparison of linear, penalized linear and machine learning models predicting hospital visit costs from chronic disease in Thailand

Generally, health care costs from chronic diseases have positive skew and this gives problems on using traditional statistical models. Machine learning is a conventional method producing accurate prediction with large sample size. However, much of the comparison performance between statistical metho...

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Main Authors: Wichayaporn Thongpeth, M.N.S., Apiradee Lim, Ph.D., Akemat Wongpairin, M.P.H., Thaworn Thongpeth, M.D., Santhana Chaimontree, Ph.D.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-01-01
Series:Informatics in Medicine Unlocked
Subjects:
Chronic disease
Machine learning
Health care cost
Prediction performance
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352914821002434

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