Patients Attending Medical Appointments Prediction

A person makes a doctor appointment, receives all the instructions, and doesn't show up. Who to blame?

Content

110,527 medical appointments its 14 associated variables (characteristics). The most important one if the patient show up or not to the appointment.

Data Dictionary

PatientId

Identification of a patient

AppointmentID

Identification of each appointment

Gender

Male or Female

ScheduledDay

The day someone called or registered the appointment, this is before appointment of course.

AppointmentDay

The day of the actuall appointment, when they have to visit the doctor.

Age

How old is the patient.

Neighbourhood

Where the appointment takes place.

Scholarship

True of False

Hipertension

True or False

Diabetes

True or False

Alcoholism

True or False

Handicap

True or False

SMS_received

1 or more messages sent to the patient.

No-show

True or False

Inspiration

• Predict if the patient will show up or not to the appointment