Special feature: importance of comorbid illnesses in predicting mortality for geriatric rehabilitation

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Study assessing the importance of comorbid medical illnesses in predicting mortality for a geriatric rehabilitation sample independently of other demographic and clinical characteristics. Participants were 667 inpatients followed between 1 and 3 years at an urban rehabilitation hospital. It was found that more severe comorbid medical illnesses, worse physical function, older age, and male sex independently predicted shorter time to death.

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