Higher vulnerable elders survey scores predict death and functional decline in vulnerable older people

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 507-511

  Min, Lillian C ^a   Elliott, Marc N ^b   Wenger, Neil S ^a,b   Saliba, Debra ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^c VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Functional decline; Mortality; Screening tool

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DETERIORATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCOME; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREDICTION; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE ELDERS SURVEY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 33644639190     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.00615.x     Document Type: Article

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