Better to Ask in English: Cross-Lingual Evaluation of Large Language Models for Healthcare Queries

Jan 1, 2024ยท
Yiqiao Jin
Yiqiao Jin
,
Mohit Chandra
,
Gaurav Verma
,
Yibo Hu
,
Munmun De Choudhury
,
Srijan Kumar
ยท 1 min read
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Abstract
We present a framework and benchmark to evaluate LLMs’ multilingual capabilities in healthcare queries, revealing significant performance gaps across languages and providing insights for improving healthcare accessibility globally.
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The Web Conference (WWW) 2024

Abstract

We present a framework and benchmark to evaluate LLMs’ multilingual capabilities in healthcare queries, revealing significant performance gaps across languages and providing insights for improving healthcare accessibility globally.

Keywords

Large Language Models, Healthcare, Cross-lingual Evaluation, Multilingual NLP