Does frailty predict hospitalization, emergency department visits, and visits to the general practitioner in older newly-diagnosed cancer patients? Results of a prospective pilot study

Critical Reviews in Oncology/Hematology

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 142-151

  Puts, M T E ^a,b,c   Monette, J ^a,d   Girre, V ^a,e   Wolfson, C ^b,f   Monette, M ^a   Batist, G ^g   Bergman, H ^a,d,g  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

^f MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^g MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Emergency department visits; Frail elderly; Functional status; Geriatric oncology; Health care utilization; Hospitalization; Physician visit

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

AGED; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GENERAL PRACTICE; GRIP STRENGTH; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL UTILIZATION; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MOOD DISORDER; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PILOT STUDY; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CANADA; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; OFFICE VISITS; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 77957928606     PISSN: 10408428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.critrevonc.2009.10.006     Document Type: Review

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