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. 2018 Nov 27;15(11):e1002702.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002702. eCollection 2018 Nov.

Machine learning in population health: Opportunities and threats

Abraham D Flaxman  1 , Theo Vos  1
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Machine learning in population health: Opportunities and threats

Abraham D Flaxman et al. PLoS Med. .

Abstract

Abraham D. Flaxman and Theo Vos of the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, discuss near-term applications for ML in population health and name their priorities for ongoing ML development.

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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: ADF has recently consulted for Kaiser Permanente, Agathos, NORC, and Sanofi.

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