Comorbidity information in older patients at an emergency visit: self-report vs. administrative data had poor agreement but similar predictive validity

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 511-515

  Susser, Stephanie R ^a   McCusker, Jane ^b,c   Belzile, Eric ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Administrative databases; Aged; Agreement; Charlson; Comorbidity; Emergency department; Self report; Validity

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; COMMUNITY; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; EMERGENCY WARD; ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE; FEMALE; GENDER; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RECORD; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

AGED; COMORBIDITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; QUEBEC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF DISCLOSURE;

EID: 41249096662     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2007.07.009     Document Type: Article

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