Comparison of hospital charge prediction models for colorectal cancer patients: Neural network vs. decision tree models

Journal of Korean Medical Science

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 677-681

  Lee, Seung Mi ^a,b   Kang, Jin Oh ^c   Suh, Yong Moo ^a  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b Samsung SDS   (South Korea)

^c Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Colorectal Neoplasms; Data Mining; Decision Trees; Hospital Charges; Neural Networks (Computer)

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; CANCER PATIENT; CLASSIFICATION; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DATA ANALYSIS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RECORD; MODEL; PREDICTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 7544231780     PISSN: 10118934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3346/jkms.2004.19.5.677     Document Type: Article

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