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. 2019 Feb 22;14(2):e0212488. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0212488

Table 6. Healthcare service utilization (outpatient clinic visit, emergency room encounter and hospitalization–Mean (SD)).

ML
Algorithm for Literacy Profiles
Literacy Profile (Dependent
Variable)
Outpatient clinic visit ED visits Hospitalization P-value
Limited HL Adequate HL Limited HL Adequate HL Limited HL Adequate HL
LDA HLCOMB 10.02 (10.4) 8.76 (8.76) 0.46 (1.07) 0.30 (0.75) 0.21 (0.68) 0.13 (0.51) < 0.001
LDA HLSUMTri 9.69 (10.0) 8.79 (8.81) 0.42 (1.00) 0.31 (0.75) 0.19 (0.63) 0.14 (0.56) < 0.001
SVM HLAVG 10.29 (10.7) 9.01 (9.16) 0.53 (1.20) 0.31 (0.76) 0.25 (0.73) 0.13 (0.54) < 0.001