Patients with multimorbidity and complex health care needs are usually vulnerable elders
with several concomitant advanced chronic diseases. Our research aim was to evaluate …

ContextBoth comorbid conditions and functional measures predict mortality in older adults,
but few prognostic indexes combine both classes of predictors. Combining easily obtained …

PURPOSE Many patients consulting in primary care have multiple conditions
(multimorbidity). Aims of this review were to identify measures of multimorbidity and …

Results. Five risk factors were selected from diagnosis, laboratory, and functional status
axes: high-risk diagnoses, albumin≤ 3.5 mg/dL, creatinine> 1.5 mg/dL, dementia, and …

Background: Recently, van Walraven developed a weighted summary score (VW) based on
the 30 comorbidities from the Elixhauser comorbidity system. One of the 30 comorbidities …

Context.—Measures of physical and cognitive function are strong prognostic predictors of
hospital outcomes for older persons, but current risk adjustment and burden of illness …

This study is a retrospective chart review to determine the association of Charlson
Comorbidity Index (CCI), age, body mass index (BMI), and admission glucose with the …

Background Comorbidity measures, such as the Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI) and
Elixhauser Method (EM), are frequently used for risk-adjustment by healthcare researchers …

Background and aims: This investigation examined the ability of a four-item Health-Related
Quality of Life (HRQOL) scale to predict short-term (30-day) and long-term (1-year) physician …

Objectives: To compare the performance of three International Statistical Classification of
Diseases, 10th Revision translations of the Charlson comorbidities when predicting in …