Predicting mortality and healthcare utilization with a single question

Health Services Research

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1234-1246

  DeSalvo, Karen B ^a,b   Fan, Vincent S ^c,d   McDonell, Mary B ^c   Fihn, Stephan D ^c,d  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Hospitalization; Mortality; Outpatient; Quality of life; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; C STATISTIC; COMORBIDITY; DYING; FEMALE; GENERAL SELF RATED HEALTH; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTPATIENT; PREDICTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SEATTLE INDEX; SELF EVALUATION; SHORT FORM 36; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AMBULATORY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROC CURVE; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 22844440213     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2005.00404.x     Document Type: Article

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