Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 54, Issue 7 , Pages 694-701 , July 2001

Risk adjustment for older hospitalized persons: A comparison of two methods of data collection for the Charlson index

  • Carol van Doorn

      Affiliations

    • Yale University School of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, 20 York Street, TMP 15, New Haven, CT 06504, USA
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  • Sidney T Bogardus

      Affiliations

    • Yale University School of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, 20 York Street, TMP 15, New Haven, CT 06504, USA
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  • Christianna S Williams

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, 20 York Street, TMP 15, New Haven, CT 06504, USA
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  • John Concato

      Affiliations

    • Yale University School of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, 20 York Street, TMP 15, New Haven, CT 06504, USA
    • West Haven Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC), Clinical Epidemiology Unit, 950 Campbell Avenue, West Haven, CT 06516, USA
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  • Virginia R Towle

      Affiliations

    • Yale University School of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, 20 York Street, TMP 15, New Haven, CT 06504, USA
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  • Sharon K Inouye

      Affiliations

    • Yale University School of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, 20 York Street, TMP 15, New Haven, CT 06504, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: 203-688-7302; fax: 203-688-4209.(S.K. Inouye)

Received 15 October 1999 ,Revised 8 November 2000 ,Accepted 10 November 2000.

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Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 54, Issue 7 , Pages 694-701 , July 2001

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