Cognitive impairment and mortality in older primary care patients

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 934-940

  Stump, Timothy E ^a,b,d   Callahan, Christopher M ^a,b   Hendrie, Hugh C ^a,c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b REGENSTRIEF INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c School of Medicine ^*  (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY CENTER FOR AGING RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive impairment; Mortality; Primary care; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CANCER; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEGRO; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RISK; SMOKING;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; AGED; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GROUP PRACTICE; HUMANS; INDIANA; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034878991     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1532-5415.2001.49184.x     Document Type: Article

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