title: Age and functional status as determinants of intensive care unit outcome: sound basis for health policy or tip of the outcomes iceberg.
authors.forename: James E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Szalados
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003422:Critical Care / Q000379:methods; D016638:Critical Illness / Q000401:mortality* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D017052:Hospital Mortality; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D008297:Male; D011379:Prognosis; D011788:Quality of Life; D018570:Risk Assessment; D016019:Survival Analysis; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology