Frailty and use of health and community services by community-dwelling older men: The Concord Health And Ageing in Men Project

Age and Ageing

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 228-233

  Rochat, Stephane ^a   Cumming, Robert G ^b   Blyth, Fiona ^b   Creasey, Helen ^b   Handelsman, David ^b   Le Couteur, David G ^b   Naganathan, Vasi ^b   Sambrook, Philip N ^c   Seibel, Markus J ^b   Waite, Louise ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases   (Australia)

^c ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Elderly; Frailty; Health services; Older men

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNITY LIVING; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MALE; MEAL; MEDICAL SERVICE; NURSE; NURSING HOME; PHYSICIAN; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL WELFARE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 77949348632     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afp257     Document Type: Article

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