COMPRI - An instrument to detect patients with complex care needs - Results from a European study

The authors developed a screening instrument to detect patients in need of complex care coordination at admission to a general hospital. On the basis of a series of risk factors for care complexity, the authors constructed a short, care complexity prediction instrument (COMPRI) and assessed its qual ities. The COMPRI is an easily administered screening instrument that detec ts patients at risk for complex care needs for whom care coordination is in dicated. COMPRI's predictive power exceeds all currently available case-mix instruments.