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Frailty and health services use among Quebec seniors with non-hip fractures: a population-based study using adminsitrative databases

BACKGROUND: The number of frail elderly will increase as the world population ageing accelerates. Since frail elders are at risk of falls, hospitalizations and disabilities, they will require more health care and services. To assess frailty prevalence using health administrative databases, to examin...

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Autores principales: Fillion, Vanessa, Sirois, Marie-Josée, Gamache, Philippe, Guertin, Jason Robert, Morin, Suzanne N., Jean, Sonia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6347825/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30683094
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12913-019-3865-z