Medical characteristics of the oldest old: retrospective chart review of patients aged 85+ in an academic primary care centre

BACKGROUND: The population aged 85 + − the “oldest old” – is now the fastest growing age segment in Canada. Although existing research demonstrates high health services utilization and medication burden in this population, little clinically derived evidence is available to guide care. This is a desc...

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Autores principales: Tsoi, Christopher S, Chow, Justin Y, Choi, Kenny S, Li, Hiu-Wah, Nie, Jason X, Tracy, C Shawn, Wang, Li, Upshur, Ross EG
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4061508/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24897943
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-7-340

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4061508/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24897943
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-7-340

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