Study of inequalities in hospital mortality using the Charlson comorbidity index;Estudo da desigualdade na mortalidade hospitalar pelo índice de comorbidade de Charlson

Revista de Saude Publica

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 780-786

  Iucif Jr , Nelson ^a,b   Yazlle Rocha, Juan S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aged; Delivery of health care; Differential mortality; Hospital mortality; Hospitals; Information systems; Inpatients; Private; Social inequity; SUS (BR)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CALCULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MORTALITY; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 12344270181     PISSN: 00348910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0034-89102004000600005     Document Type: Article

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