Comorbid Illness is Associated with Survival and Length of Hospital Stay in Patients with Chronic Disability: A Prospective Comparison of Three Comorbidity Indices

Medical Care

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1093-1101

  Rochon, Paula A ^a,b,c   Katz, Jeffrey N ^d,e   Morrow, Linda A ^d,f   Mcglinchey Berroth, Regina ^d,f   Ahlquist, Margaret M ^f   Sarkarati, Medhi ^g   Minaker, Kenneth L ^d,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b BAYCREST CENTRE FOR GERIATRIC CARE   (Canada)

^c MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f GERIATRIC RESEARCH EDUCATION AND CLINICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g NONE

Author keywords

Aged; Aging; Comorbidity; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DISABLED PERSON; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030294149     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-199611000-00004     Document Type: Article

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