Modulation of medical condition likelihood by patient history similarity

Jonathan Turner, Dympna O'Sullivan, Jon Bird

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Abstract

Introduction: We describe an analysis that modulates the simple population prevalence derived likelihood of a particular condition occurring in an individual by matching the individual with other individuals with similar clinical histories and determining the prevalence of the condition within the matched group. Methods: We have taken clinical event codes and dates from anonymised longitudinal primary care records for 25,979 patients with 749,053 recorded clinical events. Using a nearest neighbour approach, for each patient, the likelihood of a condition occurring was adjusted from the population prevalence to the prevalence of the condition within those patients with the closest matching clinical history. Results: For conditions investigated, the nearest method performed well in comparison with standard logistic regression. Conclusions: Results indicate that it may be possible to use histories to identify 'similar' patients and thus to modulate future likelihoods of a condition occurring.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationDigital Personalized Health and Medicine - Proceedings of MIE 2020
EditorsLouise B. Pape-Haugaard, Christian Lovis, Inge Cort Madsen, Patrick Weber, Per Hostrup Nielsen, Philip Scott
PublisherIOS Press
Pages327-331
Number of pages5
Volume16
Edition270
ISBN (Electronic)9781643680828
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 16 Jun 2020
Event30th Medical Informatics Europe Conference, MIE 2020 - Geneva, Switzerland
Duration: 28 Apr 20201 May 2020

Publication series

NameStudies in Health Technology and Informatics
Volume270
ISSN (Print)0926-9630
ISSN (Electronic)1879-8365

Conference

Conference30th Medical Informatics Europe Conference, MIE 2020
Country/TerritorySwitzerland
CityGeneva
Period28/04/201/05/20

Keywords

  • Clinical terminologies
  • EHR
  • Machine learning

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