Predictably unequal: understanding and addressing concerns that algorithmic clinical prediction may increase health disparities

Abstract The machine learning community has become alert to the ways that predictive algorithms can inadvertently introduce unfairness in decision-making. Herein, we discuss how concepts of algorithmic fairness might apply in healthcare, where predictive algorithms are being increasingly used to sup...

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Main Authors: Jessica K. Paulus, David M. Kent
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2020-07-01
Series:npj Digital Medicine
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41746-020-0304-9