The performance of different lookback periods and sources of information for Charlson comorbidity adjustment in medicare claims

Medical Care

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1128-1139

  Zhang, James X ^a   Iwashyna, Theodore J ^b,c,d   Christakis, Nicholas A ^a,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d The University of Chicago   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Co morbidity; Data quality; Medicare

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; ROC CURVE; UNITED STATES;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; ROC CURVE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033229420     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-199911000-00005     Document Type: Article

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