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Validation of the Combined Comorbidity Index of Charlson and Elixhauser to Predict 30-Day Mortality Across ICD-9 and ICD-10

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A novel superior medication-based chronic disease score (medCDS) predicted all-cause mortality in independent geriatric cohorts

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Development and validation of a Medicines Comorbidity Index for older people

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Regression coefficient–based scoring system should be used to assign weights to the risk index

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Comparison of Comorbidity Scores in Predicting Surgical Outcomes

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Effect of Prescription Drug Coupons on Statin Utilization and Expenditures: A Retrospective Cohort Study

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The Drug Derived Complexity Index (DDCI) Predicts Mortality, Unplanned Hospitalization and Hospital Readmissions at the Population Level

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Why Summary Comorbidity Measures Such As the Charlson Comorbidity Index and Elixhauser Score Work

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Development of a Pharmacy-based Comorbidity Index for Patients With Cancer

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Development and Validation of a Pharmacy-Based Comorbidity Measure in a Population-Based Automated Health Care Database

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Observational intensity bias associated with illness adjustment: cross sectional analysis of insurance claims

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Updating and Validating the Charlson Comorbidity Index and Score for Risk Adjustment in Hospital Discharge Abstracts Using Data From 6 Countries

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A combined comorbidity score predicted mortality in elderly patients better than existing scores

(2011) Joshua J. Gagne et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

Predicting Healthcare Utilization Using a Pharmacy-based Metric With the WHO’s Anatomic Therapeutic Chemical Algorithm

(2011) Raymond N. Kuo et al.   MEDICAL CARE

A medication-estimated health status measure for predicting primary care visits: the Long-Term Therapeutic Groups Index

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