Explaining predictive factors in patient pathways using autoencoders

Hugo De Oliveira, Prodel Martin, Lamarsalle Ludovic, Augusto Vincent and Xie Xiaolan

PLOS ONE, 2022, vol. 17, issue 11, 1-22

Abstract: This paper introduces an end-to-end methodology to predict a pathway-related outcome and identifying predictive factors using autoencoders. A formal description of autoencoders for explainable binary predictions is presented, along with two objective functions that allows for filtering and inverting negative examples during training. A methodology to model and transform complex medical event logs is also proposed, which keeps the pathway information in terms of events and time, as well as the hierarchy information carried in medical codes. A case study is presented, in which the short-term mortality after the implementation of an Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator is predicted. Proposed methodologies have been tested and compared to other predictive methods, both explainable and not explainable. Results show the competitiveness of the method in terms of performances, particularly the use of a Variational Auto Encoder with an inverse objective function. Finally, the explainability of the method has been demonstrated, allowing for the identification of interesting predictive factors validated using relative risks.

Date: 2022
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