Osteoporotic hip fracture prediction from risk factors available in administrative claims data: a machine learning approach

Objective Hip fractures are among the most frequently occurring fragility fractures in older adults, associated with a loss of quality of life, high mortality, and high use of healthcare resources. The aim was to apply the superlearner method to predict osteoporotic hip fractures using administrativ...

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Main Authors: Engels, Alexander (Author) , Reber, Katrin C. (Author) , Lindlbauer, Ivonne (Author) , Rapp, Kilian (Author) , Büchele, Gisela (Author) , Klenk, Jochen (Author) , Meid, Andreas (Author) , Becker, Clemens (Author) , König, Hans-Helmut (Author)
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Language:English
Published: May 19, 2020
In: PLOS ONE
Year: 2020, Volume: 15
ISSN:1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0232969
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Author Notes:Alexander Engels, Katrin C. Reber, Ivonne Lindlbauer, Kilian Rapp, Gisela Büchele, Jochen Klenk, Andreas Meid, Clemens Becker, Hans-Helmut König
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Summary:Objective Hip fractures are among the most frequently occurring fragility fractures in older adults, associated with a loss of quality of life, high mortality, and high use of healthcare resources. The aim was to apply the superlearner method to predict osteoporotic hip fractures using administrative claims data and to compare its performance to established methods. - Methods We devided claims data of 288,086 individuals aged 65 years and older without care level into a training (80%) and a validation set (20%). Subsequently, we trained a superlearner algorithm that considered both regression and machine learning algorithms (e.g., support vector machines, RUSBoost) on a large set of clinical risk factors. Mean squared error and measures of discrimination and calibration were employed to assess prediction performance. - Results All algorithms used in the analysis showed similar performance with an AUC ranging from 0.66 to 0.72 in the training and 0.65 to 0.70 in the validation set. Superlearner showed good discrimination in the training set but poorer discrimination and calibration in the validation set. - Conclusions The superlearner achieved similar predictive performance compared to the individual algorithms included. Nevertheless, in the presence of non-linearity and complex interactions,
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ISSN:1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0232969