Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
10513390 Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 2015 8 Pages PDF
Abstract
Charlson scores for hospital risk adjustment of short-term outcomes of cancer surgery should be calculated excluding metastatic cancer as a separate comorbidity. We found no clear best performing implementation and found no benefit in incorporating any look-back period.
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Look back for the Charlson Index did not improve risk adjustment of cancer surgical outcomes
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