Integrating human services and criminal justice data with claims data to predict risk of opioid overdose among Medicaid beneficiaries: A machine-learning approach

Wei-Hsuan Lo-Ciganic; Julie M. Donohue; Eric G. Hulsey; Susan Barnes; Yuan Li; Courtney C. Kuza; Qingnan Yang; Jeanine Buchanich; James L. Huang; Christina Mair; Debbie L. Wilson; Walid F. Gellad

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0248360

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Integrating human services and criminal justice data with claims data to predict risk of opioid overdose among Medicaid beneficiaries: A machine-learning approach

Wei-Hsuan Lo-Ciganic,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Pharmaceutical Outcomes & Policy, College of Pharmacy, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States of America, Center for Drug Evaluation and Safety (CoDES), University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States of America

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6590-4770

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Julie M. Donohue ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: jdonohue@pitt.edu

Affiliations Department of Health Policy and Management, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America, Center for Pharmaceutical Policy and Prescribing, Health Policy Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America
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Eric G. Hulsey,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Vital Strategies, Overdose Prevention Program, Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America, Allegheny County Department of Human Services, Office of Analytics, Technology and Planning, Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America, Department of Behavioral and Community Health Sciences, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America
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Susan Barnes,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Health Policy and Management, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America, Center for Pharmaceutical Policy and Prescribing, Health Policy Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America
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Yuan Li,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Allegheny County Department of Human Services, Office of Analytics, Technology and Planning, Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America
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Courtney C. Kuza,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Center for Pharmaceutical Policy and Prescribing, Health Policy Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America
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Qingnan Yang,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Center for Pharmaceutical Policy and Prescribing, Health Policy Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America
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Jeanine Buchanich,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Biostatistics, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America, Center for Occupational Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America
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James L. Huang,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Pharmaceutical Outcomes & Policy, College of Pharmacy, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States of America, Center for Drug Evaluation and Safety (CoDES), University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States of America
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Christina Mair,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Behavioral and Community Health Sciences, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America
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Debbie L. Wilson,

Roles Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Pharmaceutical Outcomes & Policy, College of Pharmacy, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States of America
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Walid F. Gellad

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Center for Pharmaceutical Policy and Prescribing, Health Policy Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America, Division of General Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America, Center for Health Equity Research Promotion, Veterans Affairs Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America
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Integrating human services and criminal justice data with claims data to predict risk of opioid overdose among Medicaid beneficiaries: A machine-learning approach

Wei-Hsuan Lo-Ciganic,
Julie M. Donohue,
Eric G. Hulsey,
Susan Barnes,
Yuan Li,
Courtney C. Kuza,
Qingnan Yang,
Jeanine Buchanich,
James L. Huang,
Christina Mair

Published: March 18, 2021
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0248360

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