Biostatistics note: more could be done in predicting nursing home admission using the Cox proportional hazards model

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Huai Yong Cheng. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2007 May.

. 2007 May;8(4):271-2; author reply 272.

doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2007.02.004.

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