Can AI Help Reduce Disparities in General Medical and Mental Health Care?
Abstrak
Background As machine learning becomes increasingly common in health care applications, concerns have been raised about bias in these systems' data, algorithms, and recommendations. Simply put, as health care improves for some, it might not improve for all. Methods Two case studies are examined using a machine learning algorithm on unstructured clinical and psychiatric notes to predict intensive care unit (ICU) mortality and 30-day psychiatric readmission with respect to race, gender, and insurance payer type as a proxy for socioeconomic status. Results Clinical note topics and psychiatric note topics were heterogenous with respect to race, gender, and insurance payer type, which reflects known clinical findings. Differences in prediction accuracy and therefore machine bias are shown with respect to gender and insurance type for ICU mortality and with respect to insurance policy for psychiatric 30-day readmission. Conclusions This analysis can provide a framework for assessing and identifying disparate impacts of artificial intelligence in health care.
Topik & Kata Kunci
Penulis (3)
I. Chen
Peter Szolovits
M. Ghassemi
Akses Cepat
- Tahun Terbit
- 2019
- Bahasa
- en
- Total Sitasi
- 356×
- Sumber Database
- Semantic Scholar
- DOI
- 10.1001/amajethics.2019.167
- Akses
- Open Access ✓