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We compared logistic regression, elastic net, random forest, and extreme gradient boosting models and used Shapley additive explanations to provide patient-level interpretability.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The random forest model showed the best overall discrimination, with an area under the receiver operating characteristic curve of 0.977 in internal testing and 0.984 in temporal validation, and acceptable calibration. 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