Open AccessMachine-learning model to predict the cause of death using a stacking ensemble method for observational data
Author(s) -
Chungsoo Kim,
Seng Chan You,
Jenna Reps,
Jae Youn Cheong,
Rae Woong Park
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of the american medical informatics association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.614
H-Index - 150
eISSN - 1527-974X
pISSN - 1067-5027
DOI - 10.1093/jamia/ocaa277
Subject(s) - cause of death , observational study , machine learning , artificial intelligence , medicine , computer science , receiver operating characteristic , transparency (behavior) , disease , computer security
Cause of death is used as an important outcome of clinical research; however, access to cause-of-death data is limited. This study aimed to develop and validate a machine-learning model that predicts the cause of death from the patient's last medical checkup.