title: Living alone, socially isolated or lonely--what are we measuring?
authors.affiliation: Division of Geriatrics, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, 3333 California St. Suite 380, San Francisco, CA, 94143, USA, carla.perissinotto@ucsf.edu.
authors.forename: Carla M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Perissinotto
authors.forename: Kenneth E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Covinsky
mesh_terms: D003704:Dementia / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012111:Residence Characteristics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*
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