Perceived causes of disability added prognostic value beyond medical conditions and functional status

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 79-85

  Naeim, Arash ^a   Keeler, Emmett B ^b   Reuben, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Burden of illness; Cancer; Frailty; Functional assessment; Subjective attribution; Survival prediction

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33845188141     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2005.11.026     Document Type: Article

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