2002
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 ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedFemaleGeriatricsHealth Status IndicatorsHumansMaleProspective StudiesRisk AdjustmentConceptsRisk 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
1999
Surveillance for morbidity and mortality among older adults--United States, 1995-1996.
Desai M, Zhang P, Hennessy C. Surveillance for morbidity and mortality among older adults--United States, 1995-1996. MMWR Surveillance Summaries 1999, 48: 7-25. PMID: 10634269.Peer-Reviewed Original Research