Table 2.
The Charlson algorithm types identified in this scoping review.
| Charlson condition | Algorithm type | ||||||
| Codes only | Codes and structured data | Codes and free-text data | Codes, structured, and free-text data | Structured data only | Free-text data only | Free-text and structured data | |
| Myocardial infarction (n=23, 7.7%)) | 7 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Congestive heart failure (n=38, 12.7%)) | 7 | 19 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Peripheral vascular disease (n=15, 5.0%) | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Cerebrovascular disease (n=23, 7.7%) | 6 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Dementia (n=25, 8.4%) | 4 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Chronic pulmonary disease (n=31, 10.4%) | 3 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Rheumatologic disease (n=25, 8.4%) | 2 | 9 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Peptic ulcer disease (n=4, 1.3%) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Diabetes (n=56, 18.7%) | 6 | 41 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Diabetes with complications (n=9, 3.0%) | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Renal disease (n=22, 7.4%) | 2 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Mild liver disease (n=15, 5.0%) | 1 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Moderate/severe liver disease (n=7, 2.3%) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| HIV (n=6, 2.0%) | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Combined (n=299, 100.0%) | 40 | 167 | 15 | 51 | 6 | 10 | 10 |