Contribution of individual diseases to death in older adults with multiple diseases

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 60, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1448-1456

  Tinetti, Mary E ^a,b   McAvay, Gail J ^a   Murphy, Terrence E ^a   Gross, Cary P ^a   Lin, Haiqun ^b   Allore, Heather G ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

coexisting diseases; death; multiple chronic conditions

Indexed keywords

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMORBIDITY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC DISORDER; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; LIVER DISEASE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LUNG CANCER; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; PATIENT INFORMATION; PNEUMONIA; SEPTICEMIA; STROKE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE;

EID: 84865143810     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2012.04077.x     Document Type: Article

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