Predictive Modeling and Concentration of the Risk of Suicide: Implications for Preventive Interventions in the US Department of Veterans Affairs.
In: American Journal of Public Health, Jg. 105 (2015-09-01), Heft 9, S. 1935-1942
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Objectives. The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) evaluated the use of predictive modeling to identify patients at risk for suicide and to supplement ongoing care with risk-stratified interventions. Methods. Suicide data came from the National Death Index. Predictors were measures from VHA clinical records incorporating patient-months from October 1, 2008, to September 30, 2011, for all suicide decedents and 1% of living patients, divided randomly into development and validation samples. We used data on all patients alive on September 30, 2010, to evaluate predictions of suicide risk over 1 year. Results. Modeling demonstrated that suicide rates were 82 and 60 times greater than the rate in the overall sample in the highest 0.01% stratum for calculated risk for the development and validation samples, respectively; 39 and 30 times greater in the highest 0.10%; 14 and 12 times greater in the highest 1.00%; and 6.3 and 5.7 times greater in the highest 5.00%. Conclusions. Predictive modeling can identify high-risk patients who were not identified on clinical grounds. VHA is developing modeling to enhance clinical care and to guide the delivery of preventive interventions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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Predictive Modeling and Concentration of the Risk of Suicide: Implications for Preventive Interventions in the US Department of Veterans Affairs.
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | McCarthy, John F. ; Bossarte, Robert M. ; Katz, Ira R. ; Thompson, Caitlin ; Kemp, Janet ; Hannemann, Claire M. ; Nielson, Christopher ; Schoenbaum, Michael |
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Zeitschrift: | American Journal of Public Health, Jg. 105 (2015-09-01), Heft 9, S. 1935-1942 |
Veröffentlichung: | 2015 |
Medientyp: | academicJournal |
ISSN: | 0090-0036 (print) |
DOI: | 10.2105/AJPH.2015.302737 |
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