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. 2018 Nov 13;15(11):e1002692.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002692. eCollection 2018 Nov.

Transforming health policy through machine learning

Hutan Ashrafian  1 , Ara Darzi  1
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Transforming health policy through machine learning

Hutan Ashrafian et al. PLoS Med. .

Abstract

In their Perspective, Ara Darzi and Hutan Ashrafian give us a tour of the future policymaker's machine learning toolkit.

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Conflict of interest statement

I have read the journal's policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: AD is a member of the health advisory board at Google DeepMind.

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Fig 1. The components of health policy.
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