Objectives To determine whether the Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI) predicts short‐and
long‐term mortality. Design Prospective cohort study. Setting The medical department of two …

OBJECTIVES: Because of the high prevalence of coexisting medical conditions in frail older
adults, clinical investigators often need to adjust for comorbidity when assessing the effect of …

OBJECTIVE: To develop and validate a single numerical comorbidity score for predicting
short-and long-term mortality, by combining conditions in the Charlson and Elixhauser …

Background: The Charlson Comorbidity Index, a popular tool for risk adjustment, often is
constructed from medical record abstracts or administrative data. Limitations in both sources …

The object of this article was to validate the predictive value of Charlson's comorbidity index
for the prediction of short-term mortality or morbidity in elderly people. The design was a …

Background: The most used score to measure comorbidity is the Charlson index. Its
application to a health care administrative database including International Classification of …

To compare Charlson indices based on chart data and ICD-9 data for agreement overall and
on rating specific comorbid conditions, and to compare mortality risks associated with these …

Objectives Morbidity is an important risk factor for mortality and a variety of morbidity
measures have been developed to predict patients' health outcomes. The objective of this …

The performance and predictive power of the Deyo-Charlson and the Romano-Charlson
comorbidity indices were compared when short-term mortality after hospitalization was the …

The objective of this study was to determine how well the Charlson index of comorbidity
would predict mortality of critically ill patients; and how the predictive ability of the index …