High levels of comorbidity and disability cancel out the dementia effect in predictions of long-term mortality after discharge in the very old

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 103-110

  Zekry, Dina ^a   Herrmann, François R ^a   Graf, Christophe E ^a   Giannelli, Sandra ^a   Michel, Jean Pierre ^a   Gold, Gabriel ^a   Krause, Karl Heinz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aging; Alzheimer's disease; Comorbidity; Dementia; Functionality; Long term mortality

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GERIATRICS; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL; VERY ELDERLY;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; DEMENTIA; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT DISCHARGE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 80054866719     PISSN: 14208008     EISSN: 14219824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000326950     Document Type: Article

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