Prospective study of health status preferences and changes in preferences over time in older adults

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 166, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 890-895

  Fried, Terri R ^a,c   Byers, Amy L ^b   Gallo, William T ^a   Van Ness, Peter H ^a   Towle, Virginia R ^a   O'Leary, John R ^a   Dubin, Joel A ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33646139182     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.166.8.890     Document Type: Article

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