Predicted Survival vs. Actual Survival in Terminally Ill Noncancer Patients in Dutch Nursing Homes

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 560-566

  Brandt, Hella E ^a   Ooms, Marcel E ^a   Ribbe, Miel W ^a   van der Wal, Gerrit ^a   Deliens, Luc ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

chronic disease; Life expectancy; nursing home; prognoses

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NURSING HOME; PHYSICIAN; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; NURSING CARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 33845341848     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2006.06.006     Document Type: Article

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