Can Comorbidity Be Measured by Questionnaire Rather than Medical Record Review?

Medical Care

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 73-84

  Katz, Jeffrey N ^a   Chang, Lily C ^a,b   Sangha, Oliver ^a   Fossel, Anne H ^a   Bates, David W ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Comorbidity; Medical record; Questionnaire; Severity adjustment

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCRIPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL CHARGES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 0029684774     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-199601000-00006     Document Type: Review

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