Health values of hospitalized patients 80 years or older

JAMA

Volumn 279, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 371-375

  Tsevat, Joel ^a,b   Dawson, Neal V ^c   Wu, Albert W ^d   Lynn, Joanne ^e   Soukup, Jane R ^f   Cook, E Francis ^f   Vidaillet, Humberto ^g   Phillips, Russell S ^f  

^a Section of Outcomes Research   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^g MARSHFIELD CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESUSCITATION; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 0032481420     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.279.5.371     Document Type: Article

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