A short functional survey is responsive to changes in functional status in vulnerable older people

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 56, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1932-1936

  Min, Lillian C ^a,d   Wenger, Neil S ^a   Reuben, David B ^a   Saliba, Debra ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^c VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d Box 951687 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Functional change; Functional decline; Vulnerable elders

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; SCORING SYSTEM;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 53149090955     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2008.01921.x     Document Type: Article

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