Quantifying the prevalence of frailty in English hospitals

OBJECTIVES: Population ageing has been associated with an increase in comorbid chronic disease, functional dependence, disability and associated higher health care costs. Frailty Syndromes have been proposed as a way to define this group within older persons. We explore whether frailty syndromes are...

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Autores principales: Soong, J, Poots, AJ, Scott, S, Donald, K, Woodcock, T, Lovett, D, Bell, D
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2015
Materias:
Geriatric Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4621378/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26490097
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2015-008456

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4621378/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26490097
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2015-008456

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