Publications by authors named "Peter C Fiduccia"
Objective: To test the hypothesis that students with asthma who have access to school-based health centers (SBHCs) receive more recommended preventive care and use less emergency care, we compared patterns of health care utilization among rural students with asthma by SBHC access.
Study Design: Using a cross-sectional design, we analyzed encounters for all patients ages 4 through 19 living in 4 counties covered by a health care system that sponsors a network of SBHCs in rural upstate New York. Patient addresses for each encounter were geocoded to school districts, allowing us to determine whether students lived in districts with (n = 15) or without (n = 23) a SBHC.
Article Synopsis
- Systematic literature reviews (SLRs) are typically labor-intensive and costly, but this study proposes an NLP-based solution to streamline the process for observational studies using real-world data.
- The developed Intelligent SLR Platform automates key steps like article screening and data extraction, incorporating machine learning algorithms that achieve high accuracy and provide transparency in results through explainable AI.
- Ultimately, this innovative approach frees up researchers' time, enabling them to concentrate on data quality and the overall research process.