2024
Adaption and National Validation of a Tool for Predicting Mortality from Other Causes Among Men with Nonmetastatic Prostate Cancer
Justice A, Tate J, Howland F, Gaziano J, Kelley M, McMahon B, Haiman C, Wadia R, Madduri R, Danciu I, Leppert J, Leapman M, Thurtle D, Gnanapragasam V. Adaption and National Validation of a Tool for Predicting Mortality from Other Causes Among Men with Nonmetastatic Prostate Cancer. European Urology Oncology 2024, 7: 923-932. PMID: 38171965, DOI: 10.1016/j.euo.2023.11.023.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchVeterans Health AdministrationCharlson Comorbidity IndexNon-prostate cancer mortalityProstate cancer mortalityNonmetastatic prostate cancerComorbidity indexCancer mortalityProvider estimationProstate cancerHealth AdministrationUS Veterans Health AdministrationElectronic health record-based toolsYear of diagnosisRisk of deathObservational cohortMedian ageNonmetastatic cancerPredicting MortalityC-statisticHispanic ethnicityTreatment groupsMortalityCancerNational validationAge
2020
Development and validation of a 30-day mortality index based on pre-existing medical administrative data from 13,323 COVID-19 patients: The Veterans Health Administration COVID-19 (VACO) Index
King JT, Yoon JS, Rentsch CT, Tate JP, Park LS, Kidwai-Khan F, Skanderson M, Hauser RG, Jacobson DA, Erdos J, Cho K, Ramoni R, Gagnon DR, Justice AC. Development and validation of a 30-day mortality index based on pre-existing medical administrative data from 13,323 COVID-19 patients: The Veterans Health Administration COVID-19 (VACO) Index. PLOS ONE 2020, 15: e0241825. PMID: 33175863, PMCID: PMC7657526, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0241825.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCharlson Comorbidity IndexVeterans Health AdministrationVACO IndexValidation cohortMedical administrative dataDevelopment cohortSARS-CoV-2 testing resultsMortality indexICD-10 diagnosis codesUS Veterans Health AdministrationSARS-CoV-2 infectionPre-existing medical conditionsCOVID-19 mortality riskPeripheral vascular diseaseCOVID-19 patientsCOVID-19 infectionCOVID-19 mortalitySARS-CoV-2Administrative dataLogistic regression modelsRace/ethnicityCohort subgroupsComorbidity indexOverall mortalityComorbid conditions