Age and Comorbidity

Increasing age and higher Charlson Comorbidity Index were stronger drivers of absolute mortality than income group. Few deaths among younger patients limited the robustness of absolute risk estimates in those groups. Age and comorbidity st…

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Increasing age and higher Charlson Comorbidity Index were stronger drivers of absolute mortality than income group. Few deaths among younger patients limited the robustness of absolute risk estimates in those groups. Age and comorbidity strongly contributed to absolute 90-day mortality risk. Younger patients with no Charlson comorbidity had low absolute mortality risk.