Comparative performance of comorbidity indices in discriminating health-related behaviors and outcomes

Health Outcomes Research in Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Ou, Huang Tz ^a   Mukherjee, Bhramar ^b   Erickson, Steven R ^a   Piette, John D ^c   Bagozzi, Richard P ^a,d   Balkrishnan, Rajesh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Section on Statistical Genetics   (United States)

^c VA ANN ARBOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Comorbidity index; Discrimination; Health care behavior; Health care outcome; Medicaid; Type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHARLSON INDEX; CHRONIC DISEASE SCORE; COMORBIDITY; ELIXHAUSER INDEX; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RACE;

EID: 84860396660     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18771319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ehrm.2011.06.002     Document Type: Article

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