In:
Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, Oxford University Press (OUP), Vol. 28, No. 4 ( 2021-03-18), p. 868-873
Abstract:
Unplanned hospital readmissions are a burden to patients and increase healthcare costs. A wide variety of machine learning (ML) models have been suggested to predict unplanned hospital readmissions. These ML models were often specifically trained on patient populations with certain diseases. However, it is unclear whether these specialized ML models—trained on patient subpopulations with certain diseases or defined by other clinical characteristics—are more accurate than a general ML model trained on an unrestricted hospital cohort. In this study based on an electronic health record cohort of consecutive inpatient cases of a single tertiary care center, we demonstrate that accurate prediction of hospital readmissions may be obtained by general, disease-independent, ML models. This general approach may substantially decrease the cost of development and deployment of respective ML models in daily clinical routine, as all predictions are obtained by the use of a single model.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
1527-974X
DOI:
10.1093/jamia/ocaa299
Language:
English
Publisher:
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Publication Date:
2021
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2018371-9
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