Development and Validation of a Risk‐Adjustment Index for Older Patients: The High‐Risk Diagnoses for the Elderly Scale
Desai MM, Bogardus ST, Williams CS, Vitagliano G, Inouye SK. Development and Validation of a Risk‐Adjustment Index for Older Patients: The High‐Risk Diagnoses for the Elderly Scale. Journal Of The American Geriatrics Society 2002, 50: 474-481. PMID: 11943043, DOI: 10.1046/j.1532-5415.2002.50113.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRisk adjustment indexDevelopment cohortElderly ScaleRisk diagnosisProspective cohort studyGeneral medical patientsGeneral medicine serviceUniversity Teaching HospitalCox proportional hazardsCharacteristic curve analysisComparable patientsCohort studyOlder patientsStrength of associationDischarge diagnosisMedical patientsValidation cohortRisk groupsTeaching hospitalInitial cohortMortality riskSeparate cohortMedicine serviceMortality ratePatients