A comparison of two methods for identifying frail Medicare-aged persons

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 562-569

  Brody, Kathleen K ^a   Johnson, Richard E ^a   Ried, L Douglas ^a   Carder, Paula C ^b   Perrin, Nancy ^c  

^a DIVISION OF REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Frail older people; Identifying risk; Population based care; Prediction models; Screening

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; ELDERLY CARE; EMPIRICISM; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANAGED CARE; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING TEST; SELF REPORT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRICS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036119216     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1532-5415.2002.50127.x     Document Type: Article

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