Prospective Comparison of 6 Comorbidity Indices as Predictors of 1-Year Post-Hospital Discharge Institutionalization, Readmission, and Mortality in Elderly Individuals

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 272-278

  Zekry, Dina ^a   Loures Valle, Bernardo Hermont ^b   Graf, Cristophe ^a   Michel, Jean Pierre ^a   Gold, Gabriel ^a   Krause, Karl Heinz ^a   Herrmann, François R ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

1 year mortality; Comorbidity scores; Institutionalization; Rehospitalization

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGED; ARTICLE; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; CHRONIC DISEASE SCORE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUMULATIVE ILLNESS RATING SCALE GERIATRICS; DEATH; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC HOSPITAL; GERIATRIC INDEX OF COMORBIDITY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INDEX OF COEXISTENT DISEASE; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 84857176016     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2010.11.011     Document Type: Article

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