Development and validation of comorbidity index in South Korea

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 391-402

  Kil, Seol Ryoung ^a   Lee, Sang Il ^a   Khang, Young Ho ^a   Lee, Moo Song ^a,b   Kim, Hwa Jung ^b   Kim, Seon Ok ^b   Jo, Min Woo ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Asan Medical Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Comorbidity index; Inpatient care; Mortality; Patient outcomes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LIVER CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PATIENT CODING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SOUTH KOREA; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ADJUSTMENT; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84864518299     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: 14643677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzs027     Document Type: Article

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