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Discovering sequential patterns in a UK general practice database

Reps, Jenna; Garibaldi, Jonathan M.; Aickelin, Uwe; Soria, Daniele; E. Gibson, Jack E.; Hubbard, Richard B.

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Authors

Jenna Reps

Uwe Aickelin

Daniele Soria

Jack E. E. Gibson

Richard B. Hubbard



Abstract

The wealth of computerised medical information becoming readily available presents the opportunity to examine patterns of illnesses, therapies and responses. These patterns may be able to predict illnesses that a patient is likely to develop, allowing the implementation of preventative actions. In this paper sequential rule mining is applied to a General Practice database to find rules involving a patients age, gender and medical history. By incorporating these rules into current health-care a patient can be highlighted as susceptible to a future illness based on past or current illnesses, gender and year of birth. This knowledge has the ability to greatly improve health-care and reduce health-care costs.

Citation

Reps, J., Garibaldi, J. M., Aickelin, U., Soria, D., E. Gibson, J. E., & Hubbard, R. B. Discovering sequential patterns in a UK general practice database. Presented at 2012 IEEE-EMBS International Conference on Biomedical and Health Informatics

Conference Name 2012 IEEE-EMBS International Conference on Biomedical and Health Informatics
End Date Jan 7, 2012
Publication Date Jun 7, 2012
Deposit Date Jul 18, 2013
Publicly Available Date Jul 18, 2013
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Keywords Learning; Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science; Applications
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1009185
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