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Enhancing Medicaid Social Risk Identification: Comparing Linear and Non-Linear Machine Learning Models with Expert Heuristics. 加强医疗补助社会风险识别：比较线性和非线性机器学习模型与专家启发式。

IEEE International Conference on Digital Health. IEEE International Conference on Digital Health Pub Date : 2026-01-01 Epub Date: 2026-08-26 DOI: 10.1109/icdh72779.2026.00025

Saad Khan, Prathyusha Harish Kumar, Hala Algrain, Lorena de Leon, Bryce Parker, Vincent Mays, Edith Lopez Estrada, LaToya Turner, Ian Stockwell

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