Developing an adapted Charlson comorbidity index for ischemic stroke outcome studies

Developing an adapted Charlson comorbidity index for ischemic stroke outcome studies

Abstract 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) fr...

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Main Authors: Ruth E. Hall, Joan Porter, Hude Quan, Mathew J. Reeves
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-12-01
Series:BMC Health Services Research
Subjects:
Charlson comorbidity
Ischemic stroke
Administrative data
Risk adjustment
Mortality
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-019-4720-y

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-019-4720-y

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