Quantifying the prevalence of frailty in English hospitals

BMJ Open

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2015, Pages

  Soong, J ^a,b   Poots, A J ^a   Scott, S ^c   Donald, K ^c   Woodcock, T ^a   Lovett, D ^a   Bell, D ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS   (United Kingdom)

^c Mercer Oliver Wyman   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DISABILITY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FALLING; FRAILTY SYNDROME; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PREVALENCE; SECONDARY HEALTH CARE; SYNDROME; UNITED KINGDOM; CODING; ENGLAND; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; VERY ELDERLY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLINICAL CODING; COGNITION DISORDERS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; PATIENT ADMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84945895904     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-008456     Document Type: Article

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