Medical Forum Question Classification Using Deep Learning

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Raksha Sanjay Jalan, Manish Gupta, Vasudeva Varma

Published: 2018, Last Modified: 21 Jan 2026ECIR 2018EveryoneRevisionsBibTeXCC BY-SA 4.0
Abstract: With the rapid increase in the number as well as quality of online medical forums, patients are increasingly using the Internet for health information and support. Online health forums play an important role in addressing consumers health information needs. However, given the large number of queries, and limited number of experts, a significant fraction of the questions remains unanswered. Automatic question classifiers can overcome this issue by directing questions to specific experts according to their topic preferences to get quick and better responses.