Open AccessWeight loss in elderly women in low-level care and its association with transfer to high-level care and mortality
Author(s) -
Karen Z. Walker,
Julie Woods,
Sandra Luliano-Burns
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
clinical interventions in aging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.184
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1178-1998
pISSN - 1176-9092
DOI - 10.2147/cia.s27334
Subject(s) - medicine , weight loss , ambulatory , body mass index , weight change , physical therapy , gerontology , obesity
The purpose of this study was to determine whether unintentional weight loss in older women predicts an imminent transition out of low-level care (either to higher-level care or by mortality).
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