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The Potential for Bias in Machine Learning and Opportunities for Health Insurers to Address It

Gervasi, S. S., Chen, I. Y., Smith-McLallen, A., Sontag, D., Obermeyer, Z., Vennera, M., Chawla, R.

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Peer Review Study

Data Collection and Analysis
Healthcare Access and Quality
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Outside U.S.
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Data Collection and Reporting

The authors present a guide to the data ecosystem used by health insurers to highlight where bias can arise along machine learning pipelines. The authors suggest mechanisms for identifying and dealing with bias, and discuss challenges and opportunities to increase fairness through analytics in the health insurance industry.

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Outcomes of Interest

Reduction of Health Disparities

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2021