Time-dependent prognostic factors of 6-month mortality in frail elderly patients admitted to post-acute care

Age and Ageing

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 407-413

  Espaulella, Joan ^a   Arnau, Anna ^b   Cubí, Dolors ^a   Amblàs, Jordi ^a   Yánez, Aina ^b  

^a HOSPITAL DE LA SANTA CREU I SANT PAU   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL GENERAL DE VIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Frail elderly; Geriatric assessment; Longitudinal study; Mortality; Prognostic factors

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ARTICLE; BARTHEL INDEX; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GENDER; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF EVALUATION; SPAIN; SURVIVAL; SYMPTOM; TIME;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34547893373     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afm033     Document Type: Article

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