Terminal trajectories of functional decline in the long-term care setting

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 531-536

  Chen, Jen Hau ^a,b,c   Chan, Ding Cheng ^a,b,c   Kiely, Dan K ^a   Morris, John N ^a   Mitchell, Susan L ^a,b,d  

^a Hebrew Senior Life   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d Hebrew Senior Life   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CANCER; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; DYING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34447549255     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/62.5.531     Document Type: Article

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