Predictors of mortality among elderly dependent home care patients
Open Access
- 15 August 2013
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in BMC Health Services Research
- Vol. 13 (1) , 316
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to identify which variables –among those commonly available and used in the primary care setting– best predict mortality in a cohort of elderly dependent patients living at home (EDPLH) that were included in a home care program provided by Primary Care Teams (PCT). Additionally, we explored the risk of death among a sub-group of these patients that were admitted to hospital the year before they entered the home care program.Keywords
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