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Importance and added value of functional impairment to predict mortality: a cohort study in Swedish...

Importance and added value of functional impairment to predict mortality: a cohort study in Swedish...

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Importance and added value of functional impairment to predict mortality: a cohort study in Swedish medical inpatients

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Importance and added value of functional impairment to predict mortality: a cohort study in Swedish medical inpatients

Publisher

England: British Medical Journal Publishing Group

Journal title

BMJ open, 2017-05, Vol.7 (5), p.e014464-e014464

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English

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England: British Medical Journal Publishing Group

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BackgroundAccurate estimation of prognosis in multimorbid hospital patients could improve quality of care. This study aims to determine the relative importance and added value of a performance-based activities of daily living (ADL) measure with regard to mortality prediction.Methods200 inpatients, aged over 60 years, were recruited at the Departmen...

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Importance and added value of functional impairment to predict mortality: a cohort study in Swedish medical inpatients

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TN_cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_90a0b26e410347e996775d92a173bedd

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_90a0b26e410347e996775d92a173bedd

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ISSN

2044-6055

E-ISSN

2044-6055

DOI

10.1136/bmjopen-2016-014464

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