Index to predict 5-year mortality of community-dwelling adults aged 65 and older using data from the national health interview survey

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1115-1122

  Schonberg, Mara A ^a   Davis, Roger B ^a   McCarthy, Ellen P ^a   Marcantonio, Edward R ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Life expectancy; Mortality prediction; Older adults; Prevention

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORECASTING; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FORECASTING; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MORTALITY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77953949179     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-009-1073-y     Document Type: Article

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