Geriatric Index of Comorbidity: Validation and comparison with other measures of comorbidity

Age and Ageing

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 277-285

  Rozzini, Renzo ^a   Frisoni, Giovanni B ^b   Ferrucci, Luigi ^c   Barbisoni, Piera ^a   Sabatini, Toni ^a   Ranieri, Piera ^a   Guralnik, Jack M ^d   Trabucchi, Marco ^a  

^a GERIATRIC RESEARCH GROUP   (Italy)

^b IRCCS ISTITUTO CENTRO SAN GIOVANNI DI DIO FATEBENEFRATELLI   (Italy)

^c INRCA   (Italy)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity of daily living; Comorbidity; Functional status; Performance test

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITION; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENDER; GERIATRICS; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PATHOGENESIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 0036049985     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/31.4.277     Document Type: Article

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