Use of health resources and healthcare costs associated with frailty: The FRADEA study

Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 207-214

  Garcia Nogueras I ^a   Aranda Reneo, I ^b   Pena Longobardo L M ^b   Oliva Moreno, J ^b   Abizanda, Pedro ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE ALBACETE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

Author keywords

comorbidity; Frailty; healthcare costs; older adults

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRAILTY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CHRONIC DISEASE; COST; ECONOMICS; FRAIL ELDERLY; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITALIZATION; SPAIN; STATISTICAL MODEL; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH RESOURCES; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; SPAIN;

EID: 84964309585     PISSN: 12797707     EISSN: 17604788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12603-016-0727-9     Document Type: Article

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