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Prognostic Indices For Hospitalized Older Adults: A Meta-Analysis And Systematic Review, Ariba Khan, Ayesha Maria, James Hocker, Maharaj Singh, Michelle Simpson
Prognostic Indices For Hospitalized Older Adults: A Meta-Analysis And Systematic Review, Ariba Khan, Ayesha Maria, James Hocker, Maharaj Singh, Michelle Simpson
Journal of Patient-Centered Research and Reviews
Background: A prognostication predictive model incorporated into the electronic health record (EHR) may be useful in assisting the health care team in accurately predicting mortality and may be used in appropriately allocating palliative care services.
Purpose: To systematically review and summarize current medical literature regarding the factors predictive of mortality in an inpatient population above 65 years of age.
Methods: Nondisease-specific prognostication indices that predict 1-year mortality in an inpatient population of adults over age 65 were included. We excluded studies that estimated intensive care unit, disease-specific or in-hospital mortality. A MEDLINE, CINAHL, Ovid and Cochrane literature search of English-language …