Charlson and Rx-Risk comorbidity indices were predictive of mortality in the Australian health care setting

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 223-228

  Lu, Christine Y ^a   Barratt, John ^a   Vitry, Agnes ^a   Roughead, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chronic diseases; Claims data; Comorbidity; Confounding; Mortality; Risk adjustment

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHARLSON INDEX; COMORBIDITY; DEMENTIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RX RISK SCORE; SCORING SYSTEM; STOMACH DISEASE;

AGED; AUSTRALIA; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MORTALITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; VETERANS;

EID: 78650510966     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2010.02.015     Document Type: Article

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