1998
The Relation Between Health Status Changes and Patient Satisfaction in Older Hospitalized Medical Patients
Covinsky K, Rosenthal G, Chren M, Justice A, Fortinsky R, Palmer R, Landefeld C. The Relation Between Health Status Changes and Patient Satisfaction in Older Hospitalized Medical Patients. Journal Of General Internal Medicine 1998, 13: 223-229. PMID: 9565384, PMCID: PMC1496938, DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1497.1998.00071.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPatient satisfactionMean satisfaction scoreHealth statusMedical patientsHospital careSatisfaction scoresProspective cohort studyOlder medical patientsPatient satisfaction questionnairePatient outcome measuresTendency of patientsGlobal healthHealth status changesHospital outcomesCohort studyGreater satisfactionStable healthHealthy patientsTeaching hospitalOutcome measuresDaily livingPatientsAdmissionMultivariate analysisSimilar satisfaction
1996
The role of functional status in predicting inpatient mortality with AIDS: A comparison with current predictors
Justice A, Aiken L, Smith H, Turner B. The role of functional status in predicting inpatient mortality with AIDS: A comparison with current predictors. Journal Of Clinical Epidemiology 1996, 49: 193-201. PMID: 8606320, DOI: 10.1016/0895-4356(95)00546-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAcquired Immunodeficiency SyndromeActivities of Daily LivingAdultCD4 Lymphocyte CountDiscriminant AnalysisFemaleHealth StatusHospital MortalityHumansLength of StayMalePredictive Value of TestsPrognosisProportional Hazards ModelsReproducibility of ResultsSeverity of Illness IndexUnited StatesUnited States Agency for Healthcare Research and QualityConceptsCD4 cell countInpatient mortalityCD4 countFunctional statusCell countHighest AIDS incidenceIndependent prognostic rolePercent of patientsHazard of deathLength of staySeverity classification systemHospital stayOverall mortalityPrognostic roleMortality predictorsCox regressionPrognostic stagingAIDS hospitalizationsDaily livingSeverity systemsMortality ratePatientsNursing assistanceAIDS incidenceMortality