Commonly used measures of comorbidity assess comorbidity number and type but not severity. We sought to evaluate the impact of comorbidity severity on longitudinal health-related quality of life ...
A cohort study from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health has found that the newly developed summary Elixhauser (S-Elixhauser) comorbidity score is well calibrated and internally validated ...
Comorbidity scores to predict mortality are very useful to facilitate decision-making for personalized patient management. This study aim was to assess the contribution of medico-administrative data ...
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State-wide application of breast and colon cancer quality measures (QMs) using linked claims and registry data. Background: Men with early-stage prostate cancer are often overtreated. While advanced ...
A UCLA research team has created the Comorbid Operative Risk Evaluation (CORE) score to better account for the role chronic illness plays in a patient's risk of mortality after an operation, allowing ...
A number of indices exist that allow doctors to determine the combined impact of numerous illnesses on survival outcomes, which aids in treatment decision-making. Disease-specific comorbidity measures ...
Reduction of Health Status 7 Years After Addition of Chemotherapy to Craniospinal Irradiation for Medulloblastoma: A Follow-Up Study in PNET 3 Trial Survivors—on Behalf of the CCLG (formerly UKCCSG) ...
Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The likelihood for in-hospital mortality among patients with pulmonary embolism went up with increasing Charlson ...
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Researchers conducted a retrospective cohort study of 347 patients with active systemic lupus erythematosus (median age, 45.7 years; 92.5% women) to assess whether overall comorbidity burden and ...
A new multimorbidity score is better at quantifying multiple chronic health conditions than the currently used Charlson Comorbidity Index, researchers say. "This tool will be of use to people involved ...