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Machine Learning-Based Severity Stratification for Smart Preventive Decision Support: Evidence from Measles

Andrei-Florentin Baiașu1, Venera-Cristina Dinescu2, Cătălina-Elena Bică3

  • 1Doctoral School, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, 2-4 Petru Rares Str., 200349 Craiova, Romania.

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Machine learning effectively identifies severe measles cases in vulnerable regions. This approach aids public health by stratifying risk and guiding interventions where outbreak forecasting is challenging.

Keywords:
South-West Romaniadisease severityhealthcare accessmachine learningmeaslespublic healthrandom forestsocioeconomic determinantssurveillancevaccination coverage

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A Point-of-Care Method with Integrated Decision Support Tool to Estimate Anemia at Population Level

Published on: January 19, 2024

Area of Science:

  • Epidemiology
  • Public Health
  • Machine Learning

Background:

  • Vaccine-preventable diseases pose challenges in structurally vulnerable regions with low vaccination rates and limited healthcare access.
  • South-West Romania faces persistent vaccination gaps and outbreaks, necessitating advanced risk management strategies.
  • Digital risk stratification tools can aid decision-making by identifying high-risk patients for severe outcomes.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To apply machine learning (ML) techniques to measles surveillance data for identifying severe cases and their predictors in South-West Romania.
  • To offer a pragmatic alternative to outbreak forecasting in resource-constrained settings.
  • To evaluate the effectiveness of ML models in classifying measles severity.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of an open epidemiological dataset of laboratory-confirmed measles cases.
  • Definition of severe cases based on complications like pneumonia, thrombocytopenia, or prolonged hospitalization.
  • Training and comparison of Random Forest (RF) and Logistic Regression (LR) classifiers using 10-fold cross-validation over 200 iterations.
  • Assessment of model performance using accuracy, AUC-ROC, sensitivity, specificity, PPV, and F1-score.
  • Quantification of feature importance using permutation-based measures.

Main Results:

  • Random Forest (RF) significantly outperformed Logistic Regression (LR) in accuracy, AUC, specificity, positive predictive value, and F1-score (p ≤ 0.001).
  • Key predictors of measles severity included county of residence, vaccination status, outbreak status, other symptoms, occupation, cough, and conjunctivitis.
  • County of residence served as a proxy for structural determinants like healthcare access and socioeconomic factors, with Vâlcea County showing the highest severe case concentration.

Conclusions:

  • Machine learning, particularly RF, is effective for identifying severe measles cases using routine surveillance data in resource-limited settings.
  • County of residence emerged as a significant predictor, reflecting underlying structural vulnerabilities.
  • ML-based severity classification offers a pragmatic tool for clinical risk stratification and targeted public health interventions.