Developing an adapted Charlson comorbidity index for ischemic stroke outcome studies

Background The Charlson comorbidity index (CCI) is commonly used to adjust for patient casemix. We reevaluated the CCI in an ischemic stroke (IS) cohort to determine whether the original seventeen comorbidities and their weights are relevant. Methods We identified an IS cohort ( N = 6988) from the...

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Veröffentlicht in:	BMC health services research Jg. 19; H. 1; S. 930 - 9
Hauptverfasser:	Hall, Ruth E., Porter, Joan, Quan, Hude, Reeves, Mathew J.
Format:	Journal Article
Sprache:	Englisch
Veröffentlicht:	London BioMed Central 03.12.2019 BioMed Central Ltd BMC
Schlagworte:	Administrative data Adult Aged Aged, 80 and over Analysis Brain Ischemia Charlson comorbidity Comorbidity Diagnosis-Related Groups Female Health Administration Health Informatics Hospital admission and discharge Hospital patients Humans International Classification of Diseases Ischemia Ischemic stroke Male Medicine Medicine & Public Health Middle Aged Mortality Nursing Research Ontario Outcome Assessment, Health Care Patient Discharge Prognosis Proportional Hazards Models Public Health Quality Research Article Retrospective Studies Risk adjustment safety and outcomes Stroke Stroke - epidemiology Ontario Administrative data Charlson comorbidity Ischemic stroke Risk adjustment Mortality
ISSN:	1472-6963, 1472-6963
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