SEP 10, 2026 · PREPRINT
Geospatial Foundation Models Capture Health-Relevant Dimensions of Place Beyond Conventional Social Risk Indices
arXiv
An exploratory cross-sectional analysis using machine learning on satellite imagery to augment existing social risk indices; novel approach with no clinical validation, no prospective outcome data, and no external independent test set reported.
Reported
Sample size (census tracts)82646
Maximum variance explained in hea…0.54
Housing type prediction (R-square…0.54