Predicting Treatment Adherence of Tuberculosis Patients at Scale. (arXiv:2211.02943v2 [cs.LG] UPDATED)

Tuberculosis (TB), an infectious bacterial disease, is a significant cause of
death, especially in low-income countries, with an estimated ten million new
cases reported globally in $2020$. While TB is treatable, non-adherence to the
medication regimen is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality. Thus,
proactively identifying patients at risk of dropping off their medication
regimen enables corrective measures to mitigate adverse outcomes. Using a proxy
measure of extreme non-adherence and a dataset of nearly $700,000$ patients
from four states …

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