The impact of functional status on life expectancy in older persons

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 65 A, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 727-733

  Keeler, Emmett ^a   Guralnik, Jack M ^b   Tian, Haijun ^c   Wallace, Robert B ^d   Reuben, David B ^e  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^c Health Benchmarks Inc   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Functional status; Life expectancy; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABLED PERSON; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MORTALITY; PROBABILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MARKOV CHAINS; MOBILITY LIMITATION; MORTALITY; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 77953967792     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: 1758535X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glq029     Document Type: Article

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