Evaluation of the Charlson comorbidity index among inpatients in Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo State, Brazil;Avaliação do índice de comorbidade de Charlson em internações da região de Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brasil

Cadernos de Saude Publica

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 643-652

  Martins, Mônica ^a   Blais, Régis ^b   De Miranda, Nair Navarro ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clinical diagnosis; Comorbidity; Hospital mortality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; COMORBIDITY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BRAZIL; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 41549128601     PISSN: 0102311X     EISSN: 16784464     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0102-311X2008000300018     Document Type: Article

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