The advanced dementia prognostic tool: A risk score to estimate survival in nursing home residents with advanced dementia

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 639-651

  Mitchell, Susan L ^a   Miller, Susan C ^b   Teno, Joan M ^b   Davis, Roger B ^a   Shaffer, Michele L ^c  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Advanced dementia; Hospice; Mortality; Nursing home; Palliative care; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED DEMENTIA PROGNOSTIC TOOL; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DECUBITUS; DEMENTIA; DYSPNEA; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HOSPICE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; NURSING HOMES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; ROC CURVE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78349273598     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2010.02.014     Document Type: Article

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