Acceptability of linking individual credit, financial, and public records data to healthcare records for suicide risk machine learning models.
Individual-level information about negative life events (NLE) such as bankruptcy, foreclosure, divorce, and criminal arrest might improve the accuracy of machine learning models for suicide risk prediction. Individual-level NLE data is routinely collected by vendors such as Equifax. However, little is known about the acceptability of linking this NLE data to healthcare data. Our objective was to assess preferences for linking external NLE data to healthcare records for suicide prevention.
Author(s): Penfold, Robert B, Yoo, Hong Il, Richards, Julie E, Crossnohere, Norah L, Johnson, Eric, Pabiniak, Chester J, Renz, Anne D, Campoamor, Nicola B, Simon, Gregory E, Bridges, John F P
DOI: 10.1093/jamiaopen/ooae113