Use of comorbidity scores for control of confounding in studies using administrative databases

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 891-898

  Schneeweiss, Sebastian ^a,b   Maclure, Malcolm ^a,c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clinical epidemiology; Comorbidity; Confounding; Health services epidemiology; Risk adjustment

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MORTALITY; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 0033762023     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/29.5.891     Document Type: Article

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