Dear all
am looking for an outcome measure to measure severity of illness of acutely
ill older people that may require admission to hospital (partly to compare
case-mix between control and intervention groups in a trial).
am aware of the Duke severity of illness index (DUSOI index) and Shiels' et
al's work on testing this scale on non-acutely ill patients in the UK.
I suspect there isn't a useful scale that has been tested/validated on the
acutely ill older population. Am I right?
be grateful for pointers as hitting blind alleys at a rate of knots
now.........
Owen Dempsey
clinical research fellow
Centre for research in primary care
Uni of Leeds
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