Assessing life expectancies of institutionalized older persons in Hong Kong

Gerontology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 165-170

  Hui, Elsie ^a,b   Wong, Eric M C ^a   Woo, Jean ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b SHATIN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Life expectancy; Nursing home; Survival; Weibull model

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CHINESE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MODEL; NURSING HOME; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SENESCENCE; SURVIVAL;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHINA; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS; NURSING HOMES; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 2342616979     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000076774     Document Type: Article

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