Coding algorithms for defining Charlson and Elixhauser co-morbidities in Read-coded databases

BACKGROUND: Comorbidity measures, such as the Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI) and Elixhauser Method (EM), are frequently used for risk-adjustment by healthcare researchers. This study sought to create CCI and EM lists of Read codes, which are standard terminology used in some large primary care dat...

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Autores principales: Metcalfe, David, Masters, James, Delmestri, Antonella, Judge, Andrew, Perry, Daniel, Zogg, Cheryl, Gabbe, Belinda, Costa, Matthew
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6554904/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31170931
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12874-019-0753-5

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6554904/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31170931
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12874-019-0753-5

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