Context To better target services to those who may benefit, many guidelines recommend
incorporating life expectancy into clinical decisions. Objective To assess the quality and …

ContextBoth comorbid conditions and functional measures predict mortality in older adults,
but few prognostic indexes combine both classes of predictors. Combining easily obtained …

OBJECTIVES: To further validate an index predicting mortality in community‐dwelling older
adults. DESIGN: A comparison of the performance of the index in predicting mortality among …

ContextFor many elderly patients, an acute medical illness requiring hospitalization is
followed by a progressive decline, resulting in high rates of mortality in this population …

OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to develop and validate a risk‐adjustment
index for 1‐year mortality specific to older people, based on administrative discharge …

BACKGROUND Prognostic information is becoming increasingly important for clinical
decision-making. OBJECTIVE To develop and validate an index to predict 5-year mortality …

Background. This article will systematically review the methodological characteristics and
results of studies of variables and indices that predict functional decline in older hospitalized …

OBJECTIVES: To develop and validate a prognostic index for mortality in community‐living,
frail elderly people. DESIGN: Cohort study of Program of All‐Inclusive Care for the Elderly …

IN CLINICAL PRACTICE AND TRAINING, ESTIMATING prognosis—the probability of an
individual developing a particular outcome over a specific period of time—typically receives …

Background: Existing mortality prediction models for older adults have been each developed
using a single study from the United States or Western Europe. We aimed to develop and …