Special feature: Importance of comorbid illnesses in predicting mortality for geriatric rehabilitation

Topics in Geriatric Rehabilitation

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 69-76

  Arfken, Cynthia L ^a   Lichtenberg, Peter A ^a,b   Kuiken, Todd ^c  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Comorbidity; Mortality; Physical function; Race; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; COMORBIDITY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREDICTION; REVIEW;

EID: 0031800576     PISSN: 08827524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00013614-199806000-00009     Document Type: Review

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