Prediction and Feature Importance Analysis for Severity of COVID-19 in South Korea Using Artificial Intelligence: Model Development and Validation

Heewon Chung   ^{1 *} , MSc ;   Hoon Ko   ^{1 *} , MSc ;   Wu Seong Kang   ^{2 *} , MD, PhD ;   Kyung Won Kim   ³ , MD, PhD ;   Hooseok Lee   ¹ , MSc ;   Chul Park   ⁴ , MD ;   Hyun-Ok Song   ⁵ , PhD ;   Tae-Young Choi   ⁶ , PhD ;   Jae Ho Seo   ⁷ , PhD ;   Jinseok Lee   ¹ , PhD

¹ Department of Artificial Intelligence, The Catholic University of Korea, Bucheon, Korea, Republic of

² Department of Trauma Surgery, Jeju Regional Trauma Center, Cheju Halla General Hospital, Jeju, Korea, Republic of

³ Radiology and Research Institute of Radiology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of

⁴ Department of Internal Medicine, Wonkwang University School of Medicine, Iksan, Korea, Republic of

⁵ Department of Infection Biology, Wonkwang University School of Medicine, Iksan, Korea, Republic of

⁶ Department of Pathology, Wonkwang University School of Medicine, Iksan, Korea, Republic of

⁷ Department of Biochemistry, Wonkwang University School of Medicine, Iksan, Korea, Republic of

*these authors contributed equally