Comparison of comorbidity scores in predicting surgical outcomes

Medical Care

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 180-187

  Mehta, Hemalkumar B ^a   Dimou, Francesca ^a,b   Adhikari, Deepak ^a   Tamirisa, Nina P ^a   Sieloff, Eric ^a   Williams, Taylor P ^a   Kuo, Yong Fang ^a   Riall, Taylor S ^c  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Charlson comorbidity score; Chronic disease score; CMS HCC; Elixhauser comorbidity score; Surgery; Surgical outcomes

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGED; ARTICLE; CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES HIERARCHICAL CONDITION CATEGORIES; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; CHRONIC DISEASE SCORE; COLON RESECTION; COMBINED COMORBIDITY SCORE; COMORBIDITY; COMORBIDITY ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; ELIXHAUSER COMORBIDITY INDEX; ENDOVASCULAR ANEURYSM REPAIR; FEMALE; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LUNG LOBECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; AGE; FAILURE TO RESCUE (HEALTH CARE); INSURANCE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; COMORBIDITY; FAILURE TO RESCUE, HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; MALE; MEDICARE; MEDICARE PART D; PATIENT READMISSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; RISK ADJUSTMENT; SEX FACTORS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84957847000     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000000465     Document Type: Article

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