Impact of Predicting Health Care Utilization Via Web Search Behavior: A Data-Driven Analysis.
Vibhu AgarwalLiangliang ZhangJosh ZhuShiyuan FangTim ChengChloe HongNigam Haresh ShahPublished in: Journal of medical Internet research (2016)
Results from our experiments done in a research setting suggest that it is possible to accurately predict future patient visits from geotagged mobile search logs. Results from the offline and online experiments on the utility of health utilization predictions suggest that such prediction can have utility for health care providers.