Comparison of different comorbidity measures for use with administrative data in predicting short- and long-term mortality

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Chu, Yu Tseng ^a   Ng, Yee Yung ^a,b   Wu, Shiao Chi ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEATH CERTIFICATE; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INSURANCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TAIWAN;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DEATH CERTIFICATES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TAIWAN;

EID: 77952740244     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-10-140     Document Type: Article

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