Charlson Comorbidity Index Based On Hospital Episode Statistics Performs Adequately In Predicting Mortality, But Its Discriminative Ability Diminishes Over Time

Juho Pylväläinen,1–3 Kirsi Talala,4 Teemu Murtola,5–7 Kimmo Taari,8 Jani Raitanen,1,9 Teuvo L Tammela,6 Anssi Auvinen1 1Tampere University, Faculty of Social Sciences (Health Sciences), Tampere, Finland; 2Helsinki University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of D...

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Main Authors: Pylväläinen J, Talala K, Murtola T, Taari K, Raitanen J, Tammela TL, Auvinen A
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Dove Medical Press 2019-10-01
Series:Clinical Epidemiology
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Online Access:https://www.dovepress.com/charlson-comorbidity-index-based-on-hospital-episode-statistics-perfor-peer-reviewed-article-CLEP