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. 2024 Oct 29;7(4):ooae117. doi: 10.1093/jamiaopen/ooae117

Table 2.

Performance metrics for predicting prospective social needs for patients at Johns Hopkins health system using electronic health record data between 2016 and 2021: logistic regression models.

Precision Recall AUC PRC
Logistic regression model I— Using EHR structured data
Overall population 0.508 (0.499:0.518) 0.038 (0.036:0.041) 0.703 (0.701:0.705) 0.255 (0.254:0.256)
65+ years old patients 0.447 (0.412:0.482) 0.018 (0.017:0.020) 0.699 (0.694:0.705) 0.228 (0.223:0.232)
Racial group—White 0.491 (0.469:0.513) 0.024 (0.023:0.025) 0.690 (0.688:0.692) 0.228 (0.224:0.232)
Racial group—Black 0.524 (0.508:0.541) 0.067 (0.064:0.069) 0.712 (0.708:0.716) 0.312 (0.306:0.318)
Neighborhood characteristics—Most disadvantaged 0.509 (0.483:0.535) 0.051 (0.048:0.054) 0.714 (0.709:0.718) 0.272 (0.264:0.279)
Neighborhood characteristics—Least disadvantaged 0.469 (0.402:0.536) 0.003 (0.002:0.003) 0.666 (0.653:0.679) 0.180 (0.172:0.189)
Logistic regression model II— Using EHR structured and unstructured data
Overall population 0.580 (0.574:0.586) 0.124 (0.124:0.124) 0.701 (0.699:0.703) 0.378 (0.375:0.38)
65+ years old patients 0.558 (0.552:0.563) 0.107 (0.104:0.111) 0.701 (0.696:0.705) 0.370 (0.364:0.375)
Racial group—White 0.550 (0.539:0.560) 0.084 (0.082:0.087) 0.686 (0.685:0.688) 0.335 (0.330:0.341)
Racial group—Black 0.606 (0.588:0.624) 0.221 (0.216:0.225) 0.715 (0.707:0.723) 0.466 (0.452:0.481)
Neighborhood characteristics—Most disadvantaged 0.582 (0.573:0.591) 0.149 (0.146:0.153) 0.710 (0.708:0.712) 0.400 (0.396:0.403)
Neighborhood characteristics—Least disadvantaged 0.500 (0.462:0.538) 0.027 (0.022:0.031) 0.664 (0.661:0.668) 0.271 (0.260:0.282)

Abbreviations: AUC = area under the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve, PRC = precision-recall curve.