A comparison of comorbidities obtained from hospital administrative data and medical charts in older patients with pneumonia
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The use of comorbidities in risk adjustment for health outcomes research is frequently necessary to explain some of the observed variations. Medical charts reviews to obtain information on comorbidities is laborious. Increasingly, el...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2011-05-01
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| Series: | BMC Health Services Research |
| Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6963/11/105 |