Comorbidity indices disillusion
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Comorbidity indices.
Comorbidities are conditions that coexist with a disease of interest, and may lead to a delayed diagnosis, be confounders in analysis of clinical status and course, and increase morbidity and mortality. Therefore, it appears desirable to summarise efficiently one or multiple comorbidities into a single score in an efficient manner, using comorbidity indices and self-administered comorbidity que...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0895-4356
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2015.05.014