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A Frailty Index from Next-of-Kin Data: A Cross-Sectional Analysis from the Mexican Health and Aging Study

Objectives. To construct a frailty index from next-of-kin information of the last year of life of community-dwelling 50 years old or older adults and test its association with health services utilization. Methods. Cross-sectional analysis from next-of-kin data available from the last wave of the Mex...

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Autores principales: Pérez-Zepeda, Mario Ulises, Cesari, Matteo, Carrillo-Vega, María Fernanda, Salinas-Escudero, Guillermo, Tella-Vega, Pamela, García-Peña, Carmen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5414507/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28503570
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/6069374