Prognostic indices of mortality in the elderly population may be useful to the clinician:
they provide a mortality objective estimation that complements clinical judgment when
giving information to patients; they can help select populations at high risk of poor
outcomes related to adjustments in therapeutic interventions and, finally, they may
also be useful for comparing outcomes among units, hospitals and care systems [
[1]
]. In addition, as regards clinical decision-making for older adults, prognostic indices
offer clinical information beyond arbitrary cut-off points based on age as well as
contribute to reduce potential ageism.Keywords
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Publication history
Published online: December 02, 2017
Accepted:
November 30,
2017
Received:
November 14,
2017
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