Predicting the target specialty of referral notes to estimate per-specialty wait times with machine learning.
<h4>Background</h4>Currently, in Canada, existing health administrative data and hospital-inputted portal systems are used to measure the wait times to receiving a procedure or therapy after a specialist visit. However, due to missing and inconsistent labelling, estimating the wait time...
Main Authors: | Mohamed Abdalla, Hong Lu, Bogdan Pinzaru, Frank Rudzicz, Liisa Jaakkimainen |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2022-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0267964 |
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