Published on in Vol 9, No 8 (2022): August

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/38428, first published .
Predicting Patient Wait Times by Using Highly Deidentified Data in Mental Health Care: Enhanced Machine Learning Approach

Predicting Patient Wait Times by Using Highly Deidentified Data in Mental Health Care: Enhanced Machine Learning Approach

Predicting Patient Wait Times by Using Highly Deidentified Data in Mental Health Care: Enhanced Machine Learning Approach

Authors of this article:

Amir Rastpour1 Author Orcid Image ;   Carolyn McGregor1, 2 Author Orcid Image

Journals

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Conference Proceedings

  1. Mandizvida T, Moyo S, Dzinomwa M. 2024 3rd Zimbabwe Conference of Information and Communication Technologies (ZCICT). Reducing Patient Waiting Time at Public Hospitals Through Predictive Modeling View