Comparison of comorbidity indices for patients with head and neck cancer

Medical Care

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 482-486

  Piccirillo, Jay F ^a   Spitznagel, Edward L ^b   Vermoni, Nisha ^a   Costas, Irene ^a   Schnitzler, Mark ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Administrative; Cancer head neck; Claims data; Comorbidity; Outcomes research

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER REGISTRY; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SEER PROGRAM; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2542487511     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mlr.0000124254.88292.a1     Document Type: Article

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