How to measure comorbidity: A critical review of available methods

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 221-229

  De Groot, Vincent ^a   Beckerman, Heleen ^a   Lankhorst, Gustaaf J ^a   Bouter, Lex M ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Comorbidity; Measurement; Multimorbidity; Prediction; Reliability; Review; Validity

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BURDEN OF DISEASE INDEX; CHARLSON INDEX; COMORBIDITY; CORNONI HUNTLEY INDEX; CUMULATIVE ILLNESS RATING SCALE; DATA ANALYSIS; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DUKE SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; EMBASE; HALLSTORM INDEX; HURWITZ INDEX; INCALZI INDEX; INDEX OF COEXISTENT DISEASE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KAPLAN INDEX; LIU INDEX; MEDLINE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SHWARZ INDEX; STANDARDIZATION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0037367661     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-4356(02)00585-1     Document Type: Article

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