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- Title
Development and validation of a functional morbidity index to predict mortality in community-dwelling elders.
- Authors
Carey, Elise C; Walter, Louise C; Lindquist, Karla; Covinsky, Kenneth E
- Abstract
Functional measures have a great appeal for prognostic instruments because they are associated with mortality, they represent the end-impact of disease on the patient, and information about them can be obtained directly from the patient. However, there are no prognostic indices that have been developed for community-dwelling elders based primarily on functional measures. Our objective in this study was to develop and validate a prognostic index for 2-year mortality in community-dwelling elders, based on self-reported functional status, age, and gender.
- Publication
Journal of general internal medicine, 2004, Vol 19, Issue 10, p1027
- ISSN
0884-8734
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1525-1497.2004.40016.x