"Illness severity" refers to how serious or severe a person's illness is. It helps determine the level of health risk and the intensity of treatment required to address the illness. Full definition
Arrival by ambulance is a marker of illness severity that has been omitted from the previous studies on which the seven - day services policy is based. (sciencedaily.com)
Self - report scales measured illness severity prior to treatment, after every 5 treatments, and upon completion of treatment. (aetna.com)
After adjusting for illness severity, patients at low - volume centers were 41 percent more likely to die in the hospital than lung transplant patients at high - volume centers. (sciencedaily.com)