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

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Published in J Clin Epidemiol on January 05, 2011

Authors

Joshua J Gagne1, Robert J Glynn, Jerry Avorn, Raisa Levin, Sebastian Schneeweiss

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 1620 Tremont Street, Suite 3030, Boston, MA 02120, USA. jgagne1@partners.org

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