Do functional status and Medicare claims data improve the predictive accuracy of an electronic health record mortality index? Findings from a national Veterans Affairs cohort

Abstract Background Electronic health record (EHR) prediction models may be easier to use in busy clinical settings since EHR data can be auto-populated into models. This study assessed whether adding functional status and/or Medicare claims data (which are often not available in EHRs) improves the...

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Main Authors: William James Deardorff, Bocheng Jing, Sun Y. Jeon, W. John Boscardin, Alexandra K. Lee, Kathy Z. Fung, Sei J. Lee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-05-01
Series:BMC Geriatrics
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-022-03126-z