Validity of the medication-based disease burden index compared with the charlson comorbidity index and the cumulative illness rating scale for geriatrics: A cohort study

Drugs and Aging

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1007-1014

  Beloosesky, Yichayaou ^a   Weiss, Avraham ^a   Mansur, Nariman ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; COGNITION; COMORBIDITY; CUMULATIVE ILLNESS RATING SCALE FOR GERIATRICS; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICATION BASED DISEASE BURDEN INDEX; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MORTALITY; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; VALIDITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 82455192560     PISSN: 1170229X     EISSN: 11791969     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/11597040-000000000-00000     Document Type: Article

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