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Life Sciences
Reports outline life sciences study findings from University of Pennsylvania
July 15th, 2007
Fresh data on life sciences are presented in the report "Clinical factors associated with prescription of a prosthetic limb in elderly veterans. To determine how advanced age influences prosthetic prescription. Retrospective cohort analysis with theory-driven logistic regression models," researchers in the United States report. "A Post Amputation Quality-of-Life (PAQ) framework of outcomes was proposed and empirically tested. Veterans Affairs Medical Centers. Two thousand three hundred seventy-five veterans with lower extremity amputations discharged between October 1, 2002, and September 30, 2003. Prosthetic prescription within 1 year of amputation. Patients younger...
Source: Aging & Elder Health Week (2007-07-15)
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