openalexPLoS ONE2026-07-23
Machine learning–optimized discharge timing in typhoid care: Implications for clinical outcomes, cost efficiency, and health system performance
Shekoofeh Sadat Momahhed, Atefehsadat Haghighathoseini
OBJECTIVE: To develop and validate a machine learning model identifying typhoid fever patients at risk of unnecessarily prolonged hospitalization, and to quantify the clinical, financial, and systemic consequences of model-guided discharge optimization in a fragmented, multi-paye…