Comparison of comorbidity classification methods for predicting outcomes in a population-based cohort of adults with human immunodeficiency virus infection

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 532-537

  Antoniou, Tony ^a,b,c,d   Ng, Ryan ^d   Glazier, Richard H ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Kopp, Alexander ^d   Austin, Peter C ^d,e  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Comorbidity; Databases; Diagnosis related groups; Factual; HIV; Logistic models; Predictive value of tests; Risk adjustment; ROC curve

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICS; ADOLESCENT; AGED; CANADA; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FACTUAL DATABASE; HIV INFECTIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARDS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CANADA; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMORBIDITY; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROC CURVE; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902546827     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: 18732585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2014.04.002     Document Type: Article

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