Use of the elderly risk assessment (ERA) index to predict 2-year mortality and nursing home placement among community dwelling older adults

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 34-38

  Takahashi, Paul Y ^a   Tung, Ericka E ^a   Crane, Sarah J ^a   Chaudhry, Rajeev ^a   Cha, Stephen ^a   Hanson, Gregory J ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Frailty of elderly; Mortality; Nursing home

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY LIVING; ELDERLY RISK ASSESSMENT INDEX; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MORTALITY; NURSING HOMES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 80054920228     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: 18726976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2011.02.012     Document Type: Article

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