Cargando…
Individualizing Life Expectancy Estimates for Older Adults Using the Gompertz Law of Human Mortality
BACKGROUND: Guidelines recommend incorporating life expectancy (LE) into clinical decision-making for preventive interventions such as cancer screening. Previous research focused on mortality risk (e.g. 28% at 4 years) which is more difficult to interpret than LE (e.g. 7.3 years) for both patients a...
| Autores principales: | , , , |
|---|---|
| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
| Publicado: |
Public Library of Science
2014
|
| Materias: | |
| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4180452/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25265291 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0108540 |