JAMA Internal Medicine • Vol 183 • No 5
March 2023 • W. James Deardorff, Alexander K. Smith, Sei Lee
In Reply We appreciate the letter from Dr Mooldijk and colleagues regarding our study 1 that reported on the development and external validation of a mortality prediction model for community-dwelling older adults with dementia.Their letter outlines 2 helpful suggestions to enhance the clinical applicability of the model.First, we agree that adding estimates of the time until loss of functional independence (or time to when an individual with dementia can no longer live at home independently) would be a valuable ex…