Health Values of Hospitalized Patients 80 Years or Older
Open Access
- 4 February 1998
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Jama-Journal Of The American Medical Association
- Vol. 279 (5), 371-375
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.279.5.371
Abstract
LIFE EXPECTANCY has increased dramatically even among elderly adults over the past few generations. Currently, an 80-year-old man can expect to live 7 years and an 80-year-old woman, 9.1 years.1 But because the elderly disproportionately have both acute and chronic illnesses, quality of life has assumed increasing importance.This publication has 19 references indexed in Scilit:
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