Medical and Systemic Analysis of Nation-Wide Claims Data

Biostatistics Branch Seminar Series

September 3, 2019 | 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM

NCI Shady Grove 7E032/034 Rockville, MD

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Speaker

Stefan Thurner, Ph.D.
Professor, Medical University of Vienna & Complexity Science Hub Vienna

Abstract

We are exploring a nation-wide claims data-set from which we derive co-morbidity networks across life-time. We find that individual health care trajectories can be modeled as a diffusion process on these temporal networks. We present a simple AI method that allows us to characterize health trajectories of patients and discuss its consequences. On the systemic side, we present an assessment of the resilience of the Austrian health care system.

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