Measuring prognosis and case mix in hospitalized elders: The importance of functional status

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 203-208

  Covinsky, Kenneth E ^a,b   Justice, Amy C ^a,b,c   Rosenthal, Gary E ^a,b,c   Palmer, Robert M ^a,d   Landefeld, C Seth ^a,b,c  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

activities of daily living; case mix; functional status; prognosis; severity

Indexed keywords

AGED; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROGNOSIS; SHORT SURVEY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MORBIDITY; ODDS RATIO; OHIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0030900706     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1497.1997.012004203.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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