Geriatric Index of Comorbidity: validation and comparison with other measures of comorbidity

R. Rozzini
2002 Age and Ageing  
the debate about measures of chronic comorbidity in the elderly is mainly due to the lack of consensus on pathogenetic models. Objective: the aim of the present study was to compare the concurrent validity of a number of measures of chronic comorbidity assuming different pathogenic models, versus disability in elderly patients.
doi:10.1093/ageing/31.4.277 pmid:12147566 fatcat:6iugog2ylrfzzdwz7uqqgailyu