Combining Charlson and Elixhauser scores with varying lookback predicated mortality better than using individual scores

Prediction of postoperative mortality in elderly patients with hip fracture: are specific and geriatric scores better than general scores?

Combining time DEA scores using a dynamic panel data model

We define a combined DEA score to evaluate efficiency in agricultural research. The production model we propose considers efficiency measurements under variable returns to scale for each year in the period 2012–2017. We postulate a first-order autoregressive process in the presence of covariates, to explain efficiency. Powers of the autocorrelation coefficient estimated assuming a dynamic panel...

Combining systemic and non-systemic risk scores

This paper proposes a proportional odds model to combine systemic and non-systemic risk for prediction of default and prepay performance in cohorts of booked loan accounts. We assume that performance odds is proportional to two independent factors, one based on age-dependent systemic, possibly external, global disruptions to a cohort of individual accounts, the other on traditional non-systemic...

Comparison of Charlson comorbidity index with SAPS and APACHE scores for prediction of mortality following intensive care

BACKGROUND Physiology-based severity of illness scores are often used for risk adjustment in observational studies of intensive care unit (ICU) outcome. However, the complexity and time constraints of these scoring systems may limit their use in administrative databases. Comorbidity is a main determinant of ICU outcome, and comorbidity scores can be computed based on data from most administrati...

Deriving utility scores for co-morbid conditions: a test of the multiplicative model for combining individual condition scores

BACKGROUND The co-morbidity of health conditions is becoming a significant health issue, particularly as populations age, and presents important methodological challenges for population health research. For example, the calculation of summary measures of population health (SMPH) can be compromised if co-morbidity is not taken into account. One popular co-morbidity adjustment used in SMPH comput...