The Identification of Seniors at Risk (ISAR) score to predict clinical outcomes and health service costs in older people discharged from UK acute medical units

Age and Ageing

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 747-753

  Edmans, Judi ^a   Bradshaw, Lucy ^a   Gladman, John R F ^a   Franklin, Matthew ^a   Berdunov, Vladislav ^a   Elliott, Rachel ^a   Conroy, Simon P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute care; Older people; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADL DISABILITY; ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGED; ARTICLE; BARTHEL INDEX; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEATH; ELDERLY CARE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; IDENTIFICATION OF SENIORS AT RISK; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIAL CARE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACUTE CARE; OLDER PEOPLE; SCREENING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AREA UNDER CURVE; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT READMISSION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL WORK; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84887093357     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/aft054     Document Type: Article

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