Frailty and healthcare costs-longitudinal results of a prospective cohort study

Volume: 47, Issue: 2, Pages: 233 - 241
Published: Mar 1, 2018
Abstract
Objective null to investigate how frailty and frailty symptoms affect healthcare costs in older age longitudinally. null Methods null data were gathered from a prospective cohort study in Saarland, Germany (two waves with 3-year interval, n = 1,636 aged 57-84 years at baseline). Frailty was assessed by the five Fried frailty criteria. Frailty was defined as having at least three criteria, the presence of 1-2 criteria as 'pre-frail'. Healthcare...
Paper Details
Title
Frailty and healthcare costs-longitudinal results of a prospective cohort study
Published Date
Mar 1, 2018
Volume
47
Issue
2
Pages
233 - 241
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