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Subjective and objective health predicting mortality and institutionalization: an 18-year population-based follow-up study among community-dwelling Finnish older adults

BACKGROUND: Objective health measures, such as registered illnesses or frailty, predict mortality and institutionalization in older adults. Also, self-reported assessment of health by simple self-rated health (SRH) has been shown to predict mortality and institutionalization. The aim of this study w...

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Autores principales: Viljanen, Anna, Salminen, Marika, Irjala, Kerttu, Heikkilä, Elisa, Isoaho, Raimo, Kivelä, Sirkka-Liisa, Korhonen, Päivi, Vahlberg, Tero, Viitanen, Matti, Wuorela, Maarit, Löppönen, Minna, Viikari, Laura
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8193868/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34112108
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-021-02311-w