A 12-year prospective study of stroke risk in older Medicare beneficiaries

BMC Geriatrics

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Wolinsky, Fredric D ^a,b,c   Bentler, Suzanne E ^b   Cook, Elizabeth A ^b   Chrischilles, Elizabeth A ^b   Liu, Li ^b   Wright, Kara B ^b   Geweke, John F ^d   Obrizan, Maksym ^d   Pavlik, Claire E ^e   Ohsfeldt, Robert L ^f   Jones, Michael P ^a,b   Wallace, Robert B ^b,c   Rosenthal, Gary E ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^e The University of Iowa   (United States)

^f TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISABILITY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STROKE; WORD RECOGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; INSURANCE; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE BENEFITS; MALE; MEDICARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STROKE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 66149091040     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2318-9-17     Document Type: Article

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