National Norms for the Elixhauser and Charlson Comorbidity Indexes among Hospitalized Adults.
Garner BoogaertsChristine LoydYue ZhangRichard E KennedyCynthia J BrownPublished in: The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences (2022)
For the first time, US national norms for the CCI and ECI are reported for adult inpatients. The norms can serve as a reference tool for determining if clinical and research populations have greater or lesser comorbidity burden than typical hospitalized adults in the US for their age, sex and race.