Associations of frailty with health care costs--results of the ESTHER cohort study

The concept of frailty is rapidly gaining attention as an independent syndrome with high prevalence in older adults. Thereby, frailty is often related to certain adverse outcomes like mortality or disability. Another adverse outcome discussed is increased health care utilization. However, only few s...

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Veröffentlicht in:	BMC health services research 2016-04, Vol.16 (127), p.128-128, Article 128
Hauptverfasser:	Bock, Jens-Oliver, König, Hans-Helmut, Brenner, Hermann, Haefeli, Walter E, Quinzler, Renate, Matschinger, Herbert, Saum, Kai-Uwe, Schöttker, Ben, Heider, Dirk
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Age Aged Aged, 80 and over Analysis Chronic illnesses Cognitive ability Cohort analysis Cohort Studies Comorbidity Consumption Cost estimates Costs and Cost Analysis Cross-Sectional Studies Disabled Persons Family physicians Female Frail Elderly Frailty Geriatric Assessment - methods Geriatrics Germany Health Care Costs - statistics & numerical data Health care expenditures Health care policy Health services utilization Hospitalization Humans Investigations Male Medical care, Cost of Medical supplies Middle Aged Nursing care Nursing homes Older people Pharmaceuticals Physicians Questionnaires Weight Loss
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