Impact of social determinants of health on improving the LACE index for 30-day unplanned readmission prediction.
Early and accurate prediction of patients at risk of readmission is key to reducing costs and improving outcomes. LACE is a widely used score to predict 30-day readmissions. We examine whether adding social determinants of health (SDOH) to LACE can improve its predictive performance.
Author(s): Belouali, Anas, Bai, Haibin, Raja, Kanimozhi, Liu, Star, Ding, Xiyu, Kharrazi, Hadi
DOI: 10.1093/jamiaopen/ooac046