Factors associated with six-month mortality in recipients of community-based long-term care

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 193-197

  Fried, Terri R ^a,b   Pollack, Daphna M ^b   Tinetti, Mary E ^b  

^a VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0031941931     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1998.tb02538.x     Document Type: Article

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