Development and Validation of a Robust and Interpretable Early Triaging Support System for Patients Hospitalized With COVID-19: Predictive Algorithm Modeling and Interpretation Study

Sangwon Baek   ^{1, 2} , BA ;   Yeon joo Jeong   ³ , MD ;   Yun-Hyeon Kim   ⁴ , MD ;   Jin Young Kim   ⁵ , MD ;   Jin Hwan Kim   ⁶ , MD ;   Eun Young Kim   ⁷ , MD ;   Jae-Kwang Lim   ⁸ , MD ;   Jungok Kim   ⁹ , MD ;   Zero Kim   ^{1, 10} , PhD ;   Kyunga Kim   ^{10, 11, 12 *} , PhD ;   Myung Jin Chung   ^{1, 10, 12, 13 *} , MD, PhD

¹ Medical AI Research Center, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea

² Center for Data Science, New York University, New York, NY, United States

³ Department of Radiology, Research Institute for Convergence of Biomedical Science and Technology, Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital, Yangsan, Republic of Korea

⁴ Department of Radiology, Chonnam National University Hospital, Gwangju, Republic of Korea

⁵ Department of Radiology, Keimyung University Dongsan Hospital, Daegu, Republic of Korea

⁶ Department of Radiology, Chungnam National University Hospital, Daejeon, Republic of Korea

⁷ Department of Radiology, Gachon University Gil Medical Center, Incheon, Republic of Korea

⁸ Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea

⁹ Department of Infectious Diseases, Chungnam National University Sejong Hospital, Sejong, Republic of Korea

¹⁰ Department of Data Convergence & Future Medicine, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea

¹¹ Biomedical Statistics Center, Research Institute for Future Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea

¹² Department of Digital Health, SAIHST, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, Republic of Korea

¹³ Department of Radiology, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea

*these authors contributed equally