Prospective Comparison of 6Â Comorbidity Indices as Predictors of 1-Year Post-Hospital Discharge Institutionalization, Readmission, and Mortality in Elderly Individuals

Understanding how to efficiently predict these adverse outcomes in hospitalized elders is important for a variety of clinical and policy reasons. GIC and Cumulative Illness Rating Scale-Geriatrics may improve hospital discharge planning in a geriatric hospital treating very old patients with acute disease.