The increase in healthcare costs associated with frailty in older people discharged to a post-acute transition care program

Age and Ageing

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 317-320

  Comans, Tracy A ^a,b   Peel, Nancye M ^c   Hubbard, Ruth E ^c   Mulligan, Andrew D ^c   Gray, Leonard C ^c   Scuffham, Paul A ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b THE PRINCE CHARLES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Community care; Cost; Frailty; Older people

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY CARE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; FRAILTY; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL CARE; RISK FACTOR; TRANSITION CARE PROGRAM; TRANSITIONAL CARE; WEAKNESS; AGE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; ECONOMIC MODEL; ECONOMICS; ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; UTILIZATION;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH RESOURCES; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MODELS, ECONOMIC; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRANSITIONAL CARE;

EID: 84960965738     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afv196     Document Type: Article

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