A practical approach to identifying mortality-related factors in established long-term care residents

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1012-1015

  Flacker, Jonathan M ^a,b   Kiely, Dan K ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b RESEARCH AND TRAINING INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DYSPHAGIA; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RESIDENTIAL CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0031877389     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1998.tb02759.x     Document Type: Article

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