Identifying Patterns of Clinical Interest in Clinicians’ Treatment Preferences: Hypothesis-free Data Science Approach to Prioritizing Prescribing Outliers for Clinical Review
Identifying Patterns of Clinical Interest in Clinicians’ Treatment Preferences: Hypothesis-free Data Science Approach to Prioritizing Prescribing Outliers for Clinical Review
Brian MacKenna
1
* , MPharm ;
Helen J Curtis
1
* , DPhil ;
Lisa E M Hopcroft
1
, PhD ;
Alex J Walker
1
, PhD ;
Richard Croker
1
, MSc ;
Orla Macdonald
1
, MPharm ;
Stephen J W Evans
2
, MSc ;
Peter Inglesby
1
, MPhil ;
David Evans
1
, MPhil ;
Jessica Morley
1
, MSc ;
Sebastian C J Bacon
1
, BA ;
Ben Goldacre
1
, MRCPsych
1
Bennett Institute for Applied Data Science, Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
2
Department of Medical Statistics, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
*these authors contributed equally
Corresponding Author:
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Ben Goldacre, MRCPsych
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Bennett Institute for Applied Data Science
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Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences
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University of Oxford
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Radcliffe Primary Care Building, Radcliffe Observatory Quarter
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32 Woodstock Road
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Oxford, OX2 6GG
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United Kingdom
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Phone:
44 01865 617855
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Email: ben.goldacre@phc.ox.ac.uk