Does incorporating social determinants of health (SDH) into predictive models improve the prediction of potentially avoidable 30-day readmission or death?
Incorporating social determinants of health into predictive models may help identify vulnerable patients and reduce health disparities.
Patients from certain subgroups may be more likely to be affected by social risk factors. Incorporating SDH into predictive models may be helpful to identify these patients and reduce health disparities associated with vulnerable social conditions.
Zhang et al. (Thu,) studied this question.