Health-related quality of life as a predictor of mortality among community-dwelling older persons

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 19-26

  Tsai, Su Ying ^a   Chi, Lin Yang ^b   Lee, Chen Hsen ^c   Chou, Pesus ^b  

^a I SHOU UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Elderly; Health related quality of life; Mortality; SF 36

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; DEMOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; TAIWAN;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MORTALITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TAIWAN;

EID: 33846850554     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: 15737284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10654-006-9092-z     Document Type: Article

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