Searching for an improved clinical comorbidity index for use with ICD-9-CM administrative data

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 273-278

  Ghali, William A ^a,b   Hall, Ruth E ^b   Rosen, Amy K ^b   Ash, Arlene S ^b   Moskowitz, Mark A ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Case mix; Clinical index; Comorbidity; Coronary artery bypass surgery; Risk adjustment; Severity of illness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 0029944493     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0895-4356(95)00564-1     Document Type: Article

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