A comparison of the recording of comorbidity in primary and secondary care by using the Charlson Index to predict short-term and long-term survival in a routine linked data cohort

OBJECTIVE: Hospital admission records provide snapshots of clinical histories for a subset of the population admitted to hospital. In contrast, primary care records provide continuous clinical histories for complete populations, but might lack detail about inpatient stays. Therefore, combining prima...

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Main Authors: Crooks, Colin J., West, Joe, Card, Timothy R.
Format: Article
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2015
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/32057/