The Drug Derived Complexity Index (DDCI) Predicts Mortality, Unplanned Hospitalization and Hospital Readmissions at the Population Level.

OBJECTIVE:to develop and validate the Drug Derived Complexity Index (DDCI), a predictive model derived from drug prescriptions able to stratify the general population according to the risk of death, unplanned hospital admission, and readmission, and to compare the new predictive index with the Charl...

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Main Authors: Fabio Robusto, Vito Lepore, Antonio D'Ettorre, Giuseppe Lucisano, Giorgia De Berardis, Lucia Bisceglia, Gianni Tognoni, Antonio Nicolucci
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4760682?pdf=render