Modeling "frailty": can a simple feedback model suffice?

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This commentary offers several views of frailty, and provides an excerpt of the dynamic model proposed by Varadhan et al., noting that it is of a traditional, causal feedback type. Key features of the authors' model are examined, and some limitations identified. (Other more modern approaches are suggested, but not expanded.) In spite of its simplicity, the deterministic feedback model as presented does indicate...

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