Open AccessChronic Conditions and Mortality Among the Oldest Old
Author(s) -
Sei J. Lee,
Alan S. Go,
Karla Lindquist,
Daniel Bertenthal,
Kenneth E. Covinsky
Publication year - 2008
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.2007.130955
Subject(s) - medicine , demography , gerontology , proportional hazards model , chronic disease , multivariate analysis , multivariate statistics , health and retirement study , statistic , mortality rate , statistics , mathematics , sociology
We sought to determine whether chronic conditions and functional limitations are equally predictive of mortality among older adults.