Charlson index scores from administrative data and case-note review compared favourably in a renal disease cohort

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 391-396

  Johnston, Marjorie C ^a,b   Marks, Angharad ^a   Crilly, Michael A ^a,b   Prescott, Gordon J ^a   Robertson, Lynn M ^a   Black, Corri ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b NHS GRAMPIAN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, CHRONIC; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; SCOTLAND; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, CHRONIC; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; SCOTLAND; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84939504967     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/cku238     Document Type: Article

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