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Here we established and compared machine learning (ML)-based readmission prediction methods to predict readmission risks of diabetic patients.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>The dataset analyzed in this study was acquired from the Health Facts Database, which includes over 100,000 records of diabetic patients from 1999 to 2008. The basic data distribution characteristics of this dataset were summarized and then analyzed. In this study, 30-days readmission was defined as a readmission period of less than 30\u00a0days. After data preprocessing and normalization, multiple risk factors in the dataset were examined for classifier training to predict the probability of readmission using ML\u00a0models. Different ML classifiers such as  random forest, Naive Bayes, and decision tree ensemble were adopted to improve the clinical efficiency of the classification. In this study, the Konstanz Information Miner platform was used to preprocess and model the data, and the performances of the different classifiers were compared.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>A total of 100,244 records were included in the model construction after the data preprocessing and normalization. A total of 23 attributes, including race, sex, age, admission type, admission location, length of stay, and drug use, were finally identified as modeling risk factors. Comparison of the performance indexes of the three algorithms revealed that the RF model had the best performance with a higher area under\u00a0receiver\u00a0operating characteristic\u00a0curve (AUC) than the other two algorithms, suggesting that its use is more suitable for making readmission predictions.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>The factors influencing 30-days readmission predictions in diabetic patients, including number of inpatient admissions, age, diagnosis, number of emergencies, and sex, would help healthcare providers to\u00a0identify patients who are at high risk of short-term readmission and reduce the probability of 30-days readmission. The RF algorithm with the highest AUC is more suitable for making 30-days readmission predictions\u00a0and\u00a0 deserves further validation in clinical trials.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1186\/s12911-021-01423-y","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,7,30]],"date-time":"2021-07-30T09:03:36Z","timestamp":1627635816000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":26,"title":["The 30-days hospital readmission risk in diabetic patients: predictive modeling with machine learning classifiers"],"prefix":"10.1186","volume":"21","author":[{"given":"Yujuan","family":"Shang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Kui","family":"Jiang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Lei","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Zheqing","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Siwei","family":"Zhou","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Yun","family":"Liu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Jiancheng","family":"Dong","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5837-6199","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Huiqun","family":"Wu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,7,30]]},"reference":[{"issue":"5","key":"1423_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1045","DOI":"10.1177\/193229681200600508","volume":"6","author":"KM Dungan","year":"2012","unstructured":"Dungan KM. 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