Validation of a combined comorbidity index

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 1994, Pages 1245-1251

  Charlson, Mary ^a,b   Szatrowski, Ted P ^a,b   Peterson, Janey ^a,b   Gold, Jeffrey ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

Comorbidity; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL RISK; SURVIVAL TIME;

AGE FACTORS; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; HUMAN; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0027940266     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0895-4356(94)90129-5     Document Type: Article

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