Screening of older community-dwelling people at risk for death and hospitalization: The Assistenza Socio-Sanitaria in Italia project

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 55, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1955-1960

  Mazzaglia, Giampiero ^a   Roti, Lorenzo ^a   Corsini, Giacomo ^b   Colombini, Angela ^c   MacIocco, Gavino ^b   Marchionni, Niccolò ^c   Buiatti, Eva ^a   Ferrucci, Luigi ^d   Bari, Mauro Di ^b,c  

^a Regional Agency for Healthcare Services of Tuscany   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly; Hospitalization; Mortality; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ITALY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCREENING; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AREA UNDER CURVE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; ITALY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 36849079947     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2007.01446.x     Document Type: Article

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