Published on in Vol 19, No 3 (2017): March

Supervised Machine Learning Algorithms Can Classify Open-Text Feedback of Doctor Performance With Human-Level Accuracy

Supervised Machine Learning Algorithms Can Classify Open-Text Feedback of Doctor Performance With Human-Level Accuracy

Supervised Machine Learning Algorithms Can Classify Open-Text Feedback of Doctor Performance With Human-Level Accuracy

Chris Gibbons   1, 2 * , PhD ;   Suzanne Richards   3 * , PhD ;   Jose Maria Valderas   4 * , PhD ;   John Campbell   4 * , MD

1 Centre for Health Services Research, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

2 The Psychometrics Centre, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

3 Leeds Institute for Health Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom

4 Primary Care Research Group, University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom

*all authors contributed equally

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  • Chris Gibbons, PhD
  • The Psychometrics Centre
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