Comparison of alternate scoring of variables on the performance of the frailty index

BMC Geriatrics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Peña, Fernando G ^a   Theou, Olga ^a   Wallace, Lindsay ^a   Brothers, Thomas D ^a   Gill, Thomas M ^b   Gahbauer, Evelyne A ^b   Kirkland, Susan ^a   Mitnitski, Arnold ^a   Rockwood, Kenneth ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Coding; Deficit accumulation; Frailty index

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CANADA; CAT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; STANDARD; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; CATS; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; NOVA SCOTIA; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897621984     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2318-14-25     Document Type: Article

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