A new population-based risk stratification tool was developed and validated for predicting mortality, hospital admissions, and health care costs

The aim of this study was to develop a new population-based risk stratification tool (Chronic Related Score [CReSc]) for predicting 5-year mortality and other outcomes.The score included 31 conditions selected from a list of 65 candidates whose weights were assigned according to the Cox model coefficients. The model was built from a sample of 5.4 million National Health Service (NHS) beneficiaries from the Italian Lombardy Region and applied to...