Diagnosing Physician error: a machine learning approach to low-value health care

DOI10.1093/QJE/QJAB046MaRDI QIDQ5095597zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Sendhil Mullainathan, Ziad Obermeyer

Publication date 10 August 2022

Published in The Quarterly Journal of Economics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://econpapers.repec.org/RePEc:nbr:nberwo:26168

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Learning and adaptive systems in artificial intelligence (68T05) Medical applications (general) (92C50) Decision theory (91B06)

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