The difficulty of predicting mortality in nursing home residents

European Geriatric Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 79-81

  Van Der Steen, J T ^a   Heymans, M W ^a   Steyerberg, E W ^b   Kruse, R L ^c   Mehr, D R ^c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c University of Missouri   (United States)

Author keywords

Dementia; Long term care; Mortality; Palliative care; Prognosis; Risk score

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADL DISABILITY; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; DYSPNEA; FOOD INTAKE; GENDER; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PNEUMONIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; VALIDATION STUDY;

EID: 79953315744     PISSN: 18787649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurger.2011.01.005     Document Type: Article

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