Comorbidity and prognostic indices do not improve the 5-year mortality prediction of components of comprehensive geriatric assessment in hospitalized older patients

BMC Geriatrics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Martínez Velilla, Nicolás ^a   Cambra Contin, Koldo ^b   Ibáñez Beroiz, Berta ^b  

^a Universidad Pública de Navarra   (Spain)

^b Atención Primaria Y Promoción de La Salud   (Spain)

Author keywords

5 year mortality; Aged; Comorbidity scores; Comprehensive geriatric assessment; Multimorbidity

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84901245459     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2318-14-64     Document Type: Article

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