Further to policy 4.3.2, the expense authority may receive assistance from staff to fulfill his/her responsibilities. However, the expense authority is accountable for expenditure approval, and approval of payment requisitions for direct invoices (i.e., vendor invoices or items not matched to a purchase order or contract using iProcurement).
Comorbidity: Addiction and Other Mental Illnesses. When two disorders or illnesses occur in the same person, simultaneously or sequentially, they are described as comorbid. Comorbidity also implies interactions between the illnesses that affect the course and prognosis of both.
The Charlson comorbidity index predicts the one-year mortality for a patient who may have a range of comorbid conditions, such as heart disease, AIDS, or cancer (a total of 22 conditions). Each condition is assigned a score of 1, 2, 3, or 6, depending on the risk of dying associated with each one.