Evaluation of Charlson's comorbidity index in elderly living in nursing homes

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 55, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1144-1147

  Buntinx, Frank ^a,c   Niclaes, L ^a   Suetens, C ^b   Jans, B ^b   Mertens, R ^b   Van den Akker, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Charleson's comorbidity index; Comorbidity; Elderly people

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; DISORIENTATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME; PATIENT MOBILITY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BELGIUM; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING HOMES; ODDS RATIO; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0036869680     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-4356(02)00485-7     Document Type: Article

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