Machine learning uncovers missing information about ethnicity and Aboriginal status in population health data: study (IMAGE)

University of Alberta Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry

Machine learning uncovers missing information about ethnicity and Aboriginal status in population health data: study

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Kai On Wong found that machine learning can be used to predict ethnic background from public health data, which would help fill an information gap and could eventually inform policies aimed at reducing health and social inequities.

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University of Alberta

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