Open AccessHigher Charlson Comorbidity Index Scores are Associated With Readmission After Orthopaedic Surgery
Author(s) -
Timothy Voskuijl,
Michiel Hageman,
David Ring
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
clinical orthopaedics and related research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.178
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1528-1132
pISSN - 0009-921X
DOI - 10.1007/s11999-013-3394-8
Subject(s) - medicine , comorbidity , orthopedic surgery , adverse effect , charlson comorbidity index , surgery , arthroplasty
The Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI) originally was developed to predict mortality within 1 year of hospital admission in patients without trauma. As it includes factors associated with medical and surgical complexities, it also may be useful as a predictive tool for hospital readmission after orthopaedic surgery, but to our knowledge, this has not been studied.
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