Impact of data source and time reference of functional status on hospital mortality prediction

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Tan, Woan Shin ^a   Ding, Yew Yoong ^a,b   Chong, Wai Fung ^a   Tay, Jam Chin ^b   Tan, Jackie Yu Ling ^b  

^a NATIONAL HEALTHCARE GROUP   (Singapore)

^b TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SINGAPORE; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; WALKING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT TRANSFER; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SELF REPORT; SINGAPORE; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES; WALKING;

EID: 84860810351     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-12-115     Document Type: Article

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