Effect of chronic disease-related symptoms and impairments on universal health outcomes in older adults

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 59, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1618-1627

  Tinetti, Mary E ^a,b   McAvay, Gail ^a   Chang, Sandy S ^a   Ning, Yuming ^a   Newman, Anne B ^c   Fitzpatrick, Annette ^d   Fried, Terri R ^a   Harris, Tamara B ^e   Nevitt, Michael C ^f   Satterfield, Suzanne ^h   Yaffe, Kristine ^f,g   Peduzzi, Peter ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic diseases; Clinical decision making; Self reported outcomes; Universal health outcomes

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEALTH STATUS; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; SYMPTOM;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITION DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 80054734424     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2011.03576.x     Document Type: Article

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