A Modification of the Elixhauser Comorbidity Measures Into a Point System for Hospital Death Using Administrative Data

van Walraven, Carl; C. Austin, Peter; Jennings, Alison; Quan, Hude; J. Forster, Alan

doi:10.1097/mlr.0b013e31819432e5

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A Modification of the Elixhauser Comorbidity Measures Into a Point System for Hospital Death Using Administrative Data

Published in Medical Care • May 26, 2009

Authors:

Carl van Walraven

Peter C. Austin

Alison Jennings

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Comorbidity measures are necessary to describe patient populations and adjust for confounding. In direct comparisons, studies have found the Elixhauser comorbidity system to be statistically slightly superior to the Charlson comorbidity system at adjusting for comorbidity. However, the E...

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Comorbidity

Confounding

Medicine

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