Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10513758 | Journal of Clinical Epidemiology | 2014 | 8 Pages |
Abstract
The COMCOLD index reflects the combined impact of five important comorbidities from patients' perspective and complements existing comorbidity indices that predict death. It may help clinicians focus on comorbidities affecting patients' health status the most.
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Authors
Anja Frei, Patrick Muggensturm, Nirupama Putcha, Lara Siebeling, Marco Zoller, Cynthia M. Boyd, Gerben ter Riet, Milo A. Puhan,