Defining and measuring multimorbidity: a systematic review of systematic reviews

MC Johnston, M Crilly, C Black… - European journal of …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Background Multimorbidity, the coexistence of multiple health conditions, is a growing public
health challenge. Research and intervention development are hampered by the lack of …

Systematic review of comorbidity indices for administrative data

MTA Sharabiani, P Aylin, A Bottle - Medical care, 2012 - journals.lww.com
Background: Adjustment for comorbidities is common in performance benchmarking and risk
prediction. Despite the exponential upsurge in the number of articles citing or comparing …

[HTML][HTML] Anti-herpetic medications and reduced risk of dementia in patients with herpes simplex virus infections—a nationwide, population-based cohort study in …

NS Tzeng, CH Chung, FH Lin, CP Chiang, CB Yeh… - …, 2018 - Elsevier
This retrospective cohort study is to investigate the association between herpes simplex
virus (HSV) infections and dementia, and the effects of anti-herpetic medications on the risk …

The predictive value of ICD-10 diagnostic coding used to assess Charlson comorbidity index conditions in the population-based Danish National Registry of Patients

SK Thygesen, CF Christiansen, S Christensen… - BMC medical research …, 2011 - Springer
Abstract Background The Charlson comorbidity index is often used to control for
confounding in research based on medical databases. There are few studies of the accuracy …

A systematic review identifies valid comorbidity indices derived from administrative health data

M Yurkovich, JA Avina-Zubieta, J Thomas… - Journal of clinical …, 2015 - Elsevier
Objectives To conduct a systematic review of studies reporting on the development or
validation of comorbidity indices using administrative health data and compare their ability to …

Survival as a function of HbA1c in people with type 2 diabetes: a retrospective cohort study

CJ Currie, JR Peters, A Tynan, M Evans, RJ Heine… - The Lancet, 2010 - thelancet.com
Background Results of intervention studies in patients with type 2 diabetes have led to
concerns about the safety of aiming for normal blood glucose concentrations. We assessed …

Assessing validity of ICD‐9‐CM and ICD‐10 administrative data in recording clinical conditions in a unique dually coded database

H Quan, B Li, L Duncan Saunders… - Health services …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Objective. The goal of this study was to assess the validity of the International Classification
of Disease, 10th Version (ICD‐10) administrative hospital discharge data and to determine …

Measuring multimorbidity beyond counting diseases: systematic review of community and population studies and guide to index choice

LE Stirland, L González-Saavedra, DS Mullin… - Bmj, 2020 - bmj.com
Objectives To identify and summarise existing indices for measuring multimorbidity beyond
disease counts, to establish which indices include mental health comorbidities or outcomes …

Long-term outcomes and healthcare utilization following critical illness–a population-based study

AD Hill, RA Fowler, R Pinto, MS Herridge… - Critical Care, 2016 - Springer
Background The purpose of this study was to examine hospital mortality, long-term mortality,
and health service utilization among critically ill patients. We also determined whether these …

Incremental health care utilization and expenditures for chronic rhinosinusitis in the United States

N Bhattacharyya - Annals of Otology, Rhinology & …, 2011 - journals.sagepub.com
Objectives: I determined incremental increases in health care expenditures and utilization
associated with chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS). Methods: Patients with a reported diagnosis of …