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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Published in Am J Epidemiol on February 17, 2011

Authors

Hude Quan1, Bing Li, Chantal M Couris, Kiyohide Fushimi, Patrick Graham, Phil Hider, Jean-Marie Januel, Vijaya Sundararajan

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Community Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, 3280 Hospital Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 4Z6. hquan@ucalgary.ca

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