Quality of lifean index for identifying high-risk cardiac patients

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 54, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 952-960

  Dixon, Tracy ^a   Lim, Lynette L Y ^b   F Heller, Richard ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Australia)

^b The Australian National University   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Heart diseases; Logistic models; Quality of life; Risk assessment; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; AGE; AUSTRALIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0034742130     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-4356(01)00368-7     Document Type: Article

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