Association of anxiety symptoms with health care use and costs in people aged 85 and over

To analyze the association of anxiety symptoms with health care use and costs in people aged 85 and older.Baseline data from AgeQualiDe (N = 856), a multicenter prospective cohort study of primary care patients aged 85 and older, were analyzed. Anxiety symptoms (Geriatric Anxiety Inventory-Short Form) and health care use were assessed via questionnaires. Health care use was monetarily valued using German unit costs to obtain sectoral (inpatient,...