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 |