What Does the Medical Record Reveal about Functional Status?
Bogardus S, Towle V, Williams C, Desai M, Inouye S. What Does the Medical Record Reveal about Functional Status? Journal Of General Internal Medicine 2001, 16: 728-736. PMID: 11722685, PMCID: PMC1495285, DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2001.00625.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFunctional status measuresMedical recordsFunctional statusStatus measuresIADL impairmentDaily livingHospitalized older patientsPotent independent predictorAcademic medical centerMost medical recordsHospital outcomesOlder patientsIndependent predictorsMedical patientsPrognostic importanceFunctional status informationImpairment prevalencePatient interviewsInstrumental activitiesMedical CenterBADLsIADLsBasic activitiesBADLPatientsRisk adjustment for older hospitalized persons A comparison of two methods of data collection for the Charlson index
van Doorn C, Bogardus S, Williams C, Concato J, Towle V, Inouye S. Risk adjustment for older hospitalized persons A comparison of two methods of data collection for the Charlson index. Journal Of Clinical Epidemiology 2001, 54: 694-701. PMID: 11438410, DOI: 10.1016/s0895-4356(00)00367-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsICD-9 dataCharlson indexMortality predictionComorbid conditionsOlder general medical patientsYale-New Haven HospitalRisk adjustmentOriginal Charlson indexSpecific comorbid conditionsGeneral medical patientsGeneral medicine wardsHospital admission dateCharlson scoreIndividual comorbiditiesConsecutive patientsMedicine wardsClinical evidenceMedical patientsAdmission dateChart-based dataMortality riskICD-9PatientsChart dataLow agreement