Disability during the last two years of life

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 173, Issue 16, 2013, Pages 1506-1513

  Smith, Alexander K ^a,b   Walter, Louise C ^a,b   Miao, Yinghui ^a,b   Boscardin, W John ^a,b   Covinsky, Kenneth E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEATH; DISABILITY; EATING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES; WALKING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMANS; INCOME; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84883809944     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.8738     Document Type: Article

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