Multi-morbidity, dependency, and frailty singly or in combination have different impact on health outcomes

Age

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 923-931

  Woo, Jean ^a   Leung, Jason ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b and Hong Kong Branch of CAS Center for Excellence in Animal Evolution and Genetics   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Dependency; Depression; Frailty; Mortality; Multi morbidity; Physical limitation

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; GENDER; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; POLYPHARMACY; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SOCIAL STATUS;

AGED; DEPENDENCY (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILITY LIMITATION; MORBIDITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84898649704     PISSN: 01619152     EISSN: 15744647     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11357-013-9590-3     Document Type: Article

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