A Mortality Risk Index for Men in a Veterans Administration Extended Care Facility
- 1 March 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition
- Vol. 13 (2) , 189-195
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0148607189013002189
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to develop (phase I) and validate (phase II) a mortality prognostic index, based on the annual clinical data base, for the men of this Veterans Administration extended care facility.This publication has 33 references indexed in Scilit:
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