Development of an instrument for the identification of frail older people as a target population for integrated care

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 63, Issue 608, 2013, Pages

  Van Kempen, Janneke A L ^a   Schers, Henk J ^a   Jacobs, Anne ^a   Zuidema, Sytse U ^b   Ruikes, Franca ^a   Robben, Sarah H M ^a   Melis, René J F ^a   Olde Rikkert, Marcel G M ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Delivery of health care; Efficiency; Feasibility studies; Frail elderly; Integrated; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EASYCARE TWO STEP OLDER PERSONS SCREENING; FRAIL ELDERLY; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GERIATRIC CARE; HUMAN; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; SCREENING; AGED; ELDERLY CARE; EVALUATION STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT STUDY; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE;

AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84875779407     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3399/bjgp13X664289     Document Type: Article

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