Prediction of survival for older hospitalized patients: The help survival model

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 48, Issue S1, 2000, Pages S16-S24

  Teno, Joan M ^a   Harrell, Frank E ^b   Knaus, William ^b   Phillips, Russell S ^c   Wu, Albert W ^d   Connors, Alfred ^b   Wenger, Neil S ^e   Wagner, Douglas ^b   Galanos, Anthony ^f   Desbiens, Norman A ^g   Lynn, Joanne ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

older people; prognosis; severity of illness; statistical models; survival analysis

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURVIVAL RATE;

EMPIRICAL APPROACH; HOSPITALIZED ELDERLY LONGITUDINAL PROJECT (HELP); PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034066038     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2000.tb03126.x     Document Type: Article

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