Assessing Competing Risks in Treating the Elderly
- 15 November 1996
- journal article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Hospital Practice
- Vol. 31 (11) , 155-166
- https://doi.org/10.1080/21548331.1996.11443383
Abstract
For elderly patients, risks associated with a newly diagnosed disease may be less than competing risks of death and disability from other causes. Treatment benefits should be viewed in the context of normal life expectancy and quality of life.Keywords
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