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Predicting Health‐Related Social Needs in Medicaid and Medicare Populations Using Machine Learning

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Holcomb, Jennifer, Oliveira, Luis C., Highfield, Linda, Hwang, Kevin O., Giancardo, Luca, Bernstam, Elmer Victor·2022·Scientific Reports

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Providers currently rely on universal screening to identify health-related social needs (HRSNs). Predicting HRSNs using EHR and community-level data could be more efficient and less resource intensive. Using machine learning models, we evaluated the predictive performance of HRSN status from EHR and community-level social determinants of health (SDOH) data for Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries participating in the Accountable Health Communities Model. We hypothesized that Medicaid insurance coverage would predict HRSN status. All models significantly outperformed the baseline Medicaid hypothesis. AUCs ranged from 0.59 to 0.68. The top performance (AUC = 0.68 CI 0.66–0.70) was achieved by the “any HRSNs” outcome, which is the most useful for screening prioritization. Community-level SDOH features had lower predictive performance than EHR features. Machine learning models can be used to prioritize patients for screening. However, screening only patients identified by our current model(s) would miss many patients. Future studies are warranted to optimize prediction of HRSNs.

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Authors
Holcomb, J., Oliveira, L. C., Highfield, L., Hwang, K. O., Giancardo, L., & Bernstam, E. V.
Affiliations
  • Sinai Urban Health Institute (US)
  • Houston Methodist (US)
  • The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (US)
  • Memorial Hermann (US)
Corresponding author
Bernstam, Elmer Victor
Venue
Scientific Reports
Published
2022-03-16
Volume
12
Issue
1
Pages
4554-4554
ISSN
2045-2322 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W4220891881
Cited by
27
References
62
Citations by year
2026: 4 · 2025: 8 · 2024: 11 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 3
FWCI
1.89
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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  • Scientific Reports (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Digital Commons-TMC (Texas Medical Center) (submittedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Funders
  • Cullen Trust for Health Care,United States
  • National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (UL1TR000371)
  • Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (RP170668)
  • Reynolds and Reynolds Professorship in Clinical Informatics
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › Machine Learning in Healthcare
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › Health Information Management › Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare
  • Social Sciences › Health › Health disparities and outcomes
Keywords
health-related social needs, social determinants of health, Medicaid, Medicare, universal screening, predictive modeling, electronic health records, community-level data, health equity
MeSH terms
Machine Learning, Aged, Medicare, Humans, Mass Screening, Medicaid, United States, Social Determinants of Health

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