Risk factors associated with one-year mortality (From Levine et al., 2007) | |||
Characteristic |
| Odds ratio | Points |
Age, years | 70 - 74 | 1.6 | 1 |
| 75 - 79 | 2.2 | 2 |
| 80 - 84 | 2.0 | 2 |
| 85 - 89 | 2.9 | 2 |
| 90 or over | 3.0 | 2 |
Discharge to nursing home or skilled care facility | Yes | 1.7 | 1 |
Length of stay five days or over | Yes | 1.5 | 1 |
Comorbid condition present: | Congestive Heart Failure | 1.3 | 1 |
| Peripheral Vascular Disease | 1.8 | 1 |
| Dementia | 1.6 | 1 |
| Renal Disease | 1.7 | 1 |
| Hematologic and Solid malignancy | 1.7 | 1 |
| Metastatic cancer | 3.1 | 2 |