All Outputs (3)

Assessing the value of integrating national longitudinal shopping data into respiratory disease forecasting models (2023)
Journal Article
Dolan, E., Goulding, J., Marshall, H., Smith, G., Long, G., & Tata, L. J. (2023). Assessing the value of integrating national longitudinal shopping data into respiratory disease forecasting models. Nature Communications, 14, Article 7258. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-42776-4

The COVID-19 pandemic led to unparalleled pressure on healthcare services. Improved healthcare planning in relation to diseases affecting the respiratory system has consequently become a key concern. We investigated the value of integrating sales of... Read More about Assessing the value of integrating national longitudinal shopping data into respiratory disease forecasting models.

Data donation of individual shopping data to help predict the occurrence of disease: A pilot study linking individual loyalty card and health survey data to investigate COVID-19 (2023)
Journal Article
Dolan, E., Goulding, J., & Skatova, A. (2023). Data donation of individual shopping data to help predict the occurrence of disease: A pilot study linking individual loyalty card and health survey data to investigate COVID-19. International Journal of Population Data Science, 8(3), https://doi.org/10.23889/ijpds.v8i3.2273

Introduction & Background Previous studies have found shopping data could increase the predictive accuracy of disease surveillance systems and illuminate behavioural responses in the self-management of symptoms of disease. Yet, accessing individual... Read More about Data donation of individual shopping data to help predict the occurrence of disease: A pilot study linking individual loyalty card and health survey data to investigate COVID-19.

Using Shopping Data to Improve the Diagnosis of Ovarian Cancer: Computational Analysis of a Web-Based Survey (2023)
Journal Article
Dolan, E., Goulding, J., Tata, L., & Lang, A. (2023). Using Shopping Data to Improve the Diagnosis of Ovarian Cancer: Computational Analysis of a Web-Based Survey. JMIR Cancer, 9, Article e37141. https://doi.org/10.2196/37141

Background Shopping data can be analysed using machine learning techniques to study population health. It is unknown if use of such methods can successfully investigate pre-diagnosis purchases linked to self-medication of symptoms of ovarian cance... Read More about Using Shopping Data to Improve the Diagnosis of Ovarian Cancer: Computational Analysis of a Web-Based Survey.