Post-hospitalization mortality in the elderly

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 83-91

  Ponzetto, Maria ^a   Zanocchi, Mauro ^a   Maero, Barbara ^a   Giona, Erica ^a   Francisetti, Federica ^a   Nicola, Elena ^a   Fabris, Fabrizio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Functional status of elderly; Post hospital mortality

Indexed keywords

SERUM ALBUMIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GENDER; HEALTH STATUS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SURVIVAL;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MORTALITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0037209563     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-4943(02)00061-4     Document Type: Article

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