2012
Comparative Performance of Comorbidity Indices in Predicting Health Care-Related Behaviors and Outcomes among Medicaid Enrollees with Type 2 Diabetes
Ou H, Mukherjee B, Erickson S, Piette J, Bagozzi R, Balkrishnan R. Comparative Performance of Comorbidity Indices in Predicting Health Care-Related Behaviors and Outcomes among Medicaid Enrollees with Type 2 Diabetes. Population Health Management 2012, 15: 220-229. PMID: 22731766, PMCID: PMC4346539, DOI: 10.1089/pop.2011.0037.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChronic disease scoreHealth care-related behaviorsCare-related behaviorsHealth care utilizationElixhauser indexCare utilizationType 2 diabetesHealth-related quality of life comorbidity indexMedicaid enrolleesComorbidity indexPredicting health care utilizationLow-income diabetes patientsPredictors of medication adherenceHealth care characteristicsHealth-related qualityMarketScan Medicaid DatabaseExpenditure dataCare characteristicsPhysician concordanceCare standardsMedication adherenceComorbidity measuresCharlson Comorbidity IndexDiabetes severityComorbidity indicators
2011
Comparative Performance of Comorbidity Indices in Discriminating Health-related Behaviors and Outcomes
Ou H, Mukherjee B, Erickson S, Piette J, Bagozzi R, Balkrishnan R. Comparative Performance of Comorbidity Indices in Discriminating Health-related Behaviors and Outcomes. Health Outcomes Research In Medicine 2011, 2: e91-e104. DOI: 10.1016/j.ehrm.2011.06.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchChronic disease scoreHealth care utilizationElixhauser indexCare utilizationHealth-related quality of life comorbidity indexHealth care outcomesStandard adherenceHealth-related behaviorsHealth-related qualityPatient medication adherenceHealth care behaviorComorbidity indexPredicting hospital admissionMedical resource useCare outcomesMedication adherenceCaring behaviorsOutpatient visitsType 2 diabetesComorbidity indicatorsHospital admissionMedicaid patientsStudy designLogistic regressionHealth
2010
A new comorbidity index: the health-related quality of life comorbidity index
Mukherjee B, Ou H, Wang F, Erickson S. A new comorbidity index: the health-related quality of life comorbidity index. Journal Of Clinical Epidemiology 2010, 64: 309-319. PMID: 21147517, DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2010.01.025.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsClinical classification codesPhysical component summaryMedical Expenditure Panel SurveyMental component summaryHealth-related qualityComponent summaryAssociated with physical component summaryHealth-related quality of life comorbidity indexShort Form-12 Physical Component SummaryMEPS databaseMeasures of HRQLComorbidity indexRisk adjustment indexChronic conditionsPanel SurveyRegression modelsInternal validityPatient populationAdjustment indicesClassification codesHRQLSummaryValidation testsIndexModel R2