Health and functional capacity as predictors of community dwelling among elderly people

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 257-265

  Laukkanen, P ^a   Leskinen, E ^a   Kauppinen, M ^a   Sakari Rantala, R ^a   Heikkinen, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Community dwelling; Elderly people; Functional capacity; Health status; Institution use

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; NURSING HOME; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION; FEMALE; FINLAND; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRICS; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0034020707     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-4356(99)00178-X     Document Type: Article

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