Multi-task learning with dynamic re-weighting to achieve fairness in healthcare predictive modeling

C Li, S Ding, N Zou, X Hu, X Jiang, K Zhang - Journal of biomedical …, 2023 - Elsevier
The emphasis on fairness in predictive healthcare modeling has increased in popularity as
an approach for overcoming biases in automated decision-making systems. The aim is to …

An empirical characterization of fair machine learning for clinical risk prediction

SR Pfohl, A Foryciarz, NH Shah - Journal of biomedical informatics, 2021 - Elsevier
The use of machine learning to guide clinical decision making has the potential to worsen
existing health disparities. Several recent works frame the problem as that of algorithmic …

A joint fairness model with applications to risk predictions for underrepresented populations

H Do, S Nandi, P Putzel, P Smyth, J Zhong - Biometrics, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
In data collection for predictive modeling, underrepresentation of certain groups, based on
gender, race/ethnicity, or age, may yield less accurate predictions for these groups …

Predictably unequal: understanding and addressing concerns that algorithmic clinical prediction may increase health disparities

JK Paulus, DM Kent - NPJ digital medicine, 2020 - nature.com
The machine learning community has become alert to the ways that predictive algorithms
can inadvertently introduce unfairness in decision-making. Herein, we discuss how concepts …

Why is my classifier discriminatory?

I Chen, FD Johansson… - Advances in neural …, 2018 - proceedings.neurips.cc
Recent attempts to achieve fairness in predictive models focus on the balance between
fairness and accuracy. In sensitive applications such as healthcare or criminal justice, this …

Fairness in machine learning meets with equity in healthcare

S Raza, PO Pour, SR Bashir - Proceedings of the AAAI Symposium …, 2023 - ojs.aaai.org
With the growing utilization of machine learning in healthcare, there is increasing potential to
enhance healthcare outcomes. However, this also brings the risk of perpetuating biases in …

Fairness with minimal harm: A pareto-optimal approach for healthcare

N Martinez, M Bertran, G Sapiro - arXiv preprint arXiv:1911.06935, 2019 - arxiv.org
Common fairness definitions in machine learning focus on balancing notions of disparity
and utility. In this work, we study fairness in the context of risk disparity among sub …

When personalization harms: Reconsidering the use of group attributes in prediction

VM Suriyakumar, M Ghassemi, B Ustun - arXiv preprint arXiv:2206.02058, 2022 - arxiv.org
Machine learning models are often personalized with categorical attributes that are
protected, sensitive, self-reported, or costly to acquire. In this work, we show models that are …

Algorithmic fairness in computational medicine

J Xu, Y Xiao, WH Wang, Y Ning, EA Shenkman… - …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Machine learning models are increasingly adopted for facilitating clinical decision-making.
However, recent research has shown that machine learning techniques may result in …

[HTML][HTML] A scoping review of fair machine learning techniques when using real-world data

Y Huang, J Guo, WH Chen, HY Lin, H Tang… - Journal of Biomedical …, 2024 - Elsevier
Objective The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) in health
care to aid clinical decisions is widespread. However, as AI and ML take important roles in …