How the Frailty Index May Support the Allocation of Health Care Resources: An Example From the INCUR Study

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 448-450

  Cesari, Matteo ^a,b   Costa, Nadege ^a   Hoogendijk, Emiel O ^c   Vellas, Bruno ^a,b   Canevelli, Marco ^d   Pérez Zepeda, Mario Ulises ^e  

^a TOULOUSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^e INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE GERIATRÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Aging; Frailty; Geriatrics; Health economics

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRAILTY INDEX; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; CLINICAL AUDIT; FRAIL ELDERLY; FRANCE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FRAIL ELDERLY; FRANCE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; NURSING HOMES; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

EID: 84961226791     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2016.02.007     Document Type: Article

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