Validation of an index to estimate the prevalence of frailty among community-dwelling seniors

Health Reports

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 10-17

  Hoover, Melanie ^a   Rotermann, Michelle ^a   Sanmartin, Claudia ^a   Bernier, Julie ^a  

^a STATISTICS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Health status indicators; Hospital records; Probabilistic linkage; Validation studies

Indexed keywords

CANADA; DEMOGRAPHY; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH; HUMAN; PREVALENCE;

CANADA; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84888112417     PISSN: 08406529     EISSN: 12091367     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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