Using machine learning to predict risk of incident opioid use disorder among fee-for-service Medicare beneficiaries: A prognostic study.

<h4>Objective</h4>To develop and validate a machine-learning algorithm to improve prediction of incident OUD diagnosis among Medicare beneficiaries with ≥1 opioid prescriptions.<h4>Methods</h4>This prognostic study included 361,527 fee-for-service Medicare beneficiaries, with...

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Main Authors: Wei-Hsuan Lo-Ciganic, James L Huang, Hao H Zhang, Jeremy C Weiss, C Kent Kwoh, Julie M Donohue, Adam J Gordon, Gerald Cochran, Daniel C Malone, Courtney C Kuza, Walid F Gellad
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0235981