Online "Mortality Calculators" Now Available

A team at the University of California at San Francisco has developed an online assessment tool that allows clinicians to predict mortality for older adults.

The tool, available at ePrognosis.org, helps doctors predict an older adult's life expectancy in order to help prevent over-treatment and over-testing. There are 16 different calculators to choose from on the site, based on whether the person in question is living at home, in a hospital or in a LTC facility. Users can also enter variables such as age, health conditions, cognitive status and functional ability.

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