Validation of the Charlson Comorbidity Index in acutely hospitalized elderly adults: A prospective cohort study

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 342-346

  Frenkel, Wijnanda J ^a   Jongerius, Erika J ^a   Mandjes Van Uitert, Miranda J ^a   Van Munster, Barbara C ^a   De Rooij, Sophia E ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Charlson Comorbidity Index; hospital; mortality risk

Indexed keywords

CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; HOSPITAL; MORTALITY RISK;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; ODDS RATIO; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84894040823     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12635     Document Type: Article

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