Open AccessPredictors of mortality in children with severe mental retardation: the effect of placement.
Author(s) -
David Strauss,
Richard K. Eyman,
Herbert J. Grossman
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.86.10.1422
Subject(s) - medicine , residence , mortality rate , demography , population , odds ratio , gerontology , odds , pediatrics , environmental health , logistic regression , surgery , pathology , sociology
This study was undertaken to assess the predictors of mortality in severely disabled children with mental retardation, and to compare risk-adjusted mortality rates for those living in institutions with rates for those living in the community.
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