Comorbidity indices disillusion

J Clin Epidemiol. 2016 Mar:71:114-5. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2015.05.014. Epub 2015 May 15.

Authors

Bruno Bernardini¹, Stefania Fracchia²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurorehabilitation, Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Via Alessandro Manzoni, 56, Rozzano 20089, Milan, Italy. Electronic address: bruno.bernardini@humanitas.it.
² Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Research Unit of Medicine of Aging, University of Florence and Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi, Viale Pieraccini, 6, 50141 Florence, Italy.

PMID: 26077791
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2015.05.014

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Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Chronic Disease / epidemiology*
Chronic Disease / mortality*
Comorbidity*
Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions / epidemiology*
Female
Geriatrics*
Health Status Indicators*
Hospitalization / statistics & numerical data*
Humans
Male
Severity of Illness Index*