Age and the risk of in-hospital death: Insights from a multihospital study of intensive care patients

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1205-1212

  Rosenthal, Gary E ^a,b,d   Kaboli, Peter J ^a,b   Barnett, Mitchell J ^a   Sirio, Carl A ^c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Health services research; Hospital mortality; Intensive care units; Outcome assessment; Severity of illness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; RISK;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APACHE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OHIO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0036066961     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1532-5415.2002.50306.x     Document Type: Article

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