Going from bad to worse: A stochastic model of transitions in deficit accumulation, in relation to mortality

TY - JOUR

T1 - Going from bad to worse

T2 - A stochastic model of transitions in deficit accumulation, in relation to mortality

AU - Mitnitski, Arnold

AU - Bao, Le

AU - Rockwood, Kenneth

N1 - Funding Information: These analyses were supported by the Canadian Institutes for Health Research (CIHR) operating grants MOP62823 and MOP64169, and by the Dalhousie Medical Research Foundation (DMRF). KR is supported by the CIHR through an investigator award and by the DMRF as Kathryn Allen Weldon Professor of Alzheimer Research. Each co-author asserts no proprietary interest in the result and no financial conflict of interest.

PY - 2006/5

Y1 - 2006/5

KW - Ageing

KW - Frailty

KW - Health transitions

KW - Markov chain

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U2 - 10.1016/j.mad.2006.01.007

DO - 10.1016/j.mad.2006.01.007

M3 - Article

C2 - 16519921

AN - SCOPUS:33645850908

SN - 0047-6374

VL - 127

SP - 490

EP - 493

JO - Mechanisms of Ageing and Development

JF - Mechanisms of Ageing and Development

IS - 5

ER -