How Well Does Self-Reported Health Predict Mortality in an InterRAI Context? An Exploratory Analysis

Subjective self-reported health measurements have been used to approximate the general health of individuals1,2 and enable cross-national comparisons of health status at the population level. As a measure of health status, self-reported health has become popularized in part due to its predictive power of indicators such as individual mortality1,2 and service utilization.3,4 With the development of standardized assessments incorporating evidence from both subjective and objective sources, it is necessary to examine the utility of single-item self-reports of health in the context of such instruments.

Source: Journal of the American Medical Directors Association - March 20, 2021 Category: Health Management Authors: Timothy Wood, Milou Angevaare, Matthew Leyenaar, Sharmin Bala, Nancye Peel, Len Gray, Kim-Huong Nguyen Tags: Research Letter Source Type: research