Differences in predictors of 5-year survival over a 10-year period in two cohorts of elderly nursing home residents in Sweden

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 714-720

  Sund Levander, Märta ^a   Milberg, Anna ^a   Rodhe, Nils ^b   Tingström, Pia ^a   Grodzinsky, Ewa ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

frail elderly; gender; survival

Indexed keywords

AGED; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; NURSING HOME; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SWEDEN; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; NURSING HOMES; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SWEDEN;

EID: 84957699528     PISSN: 02839318     EISSN: 14716712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/scs.12284     Document Type: Article

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