When comorbidity, aging, and complexity of primary care meet: Development and validation of the geriatric complexity of care index

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 542-550

  Min, Lillian ^a,b   Wenger, Neil ^c,d   Walling, Anne M ^c,d   Blaum, Caroline ^e   Cigolle, Christine ^a,b   Ganz, David A ^b,c,d,f   Reuben, David ^c   Shekelle, Paul ^c,d,f   Roth, Carol ^d   Kerr, Eve A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b VA ANN ARBOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^e NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

ambulatory care; comorbidity; utilization

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; AMBULATORY CARE; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC COMPLEXITY OF CARE INDEX; GERIATRICS; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSOMNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEDICARE; PANEL STUDY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICIAN; POLYPHARMACY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SURVIVAL; VALIDATION STUDY; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84876290888     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12160     Document Type: Article

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