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

Age and ageing - 1 Mar 2018

Hajek André, Bock Jens-Oliver, Saum Kai-Uwe, Matschinger Herbert, Brenner Hermann, Holleczek Bernd, Haefeli Walter E, Heider Dirk, König Hans-Helmut

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Objective: to investigate how frailty and frailty symptoms affect healthcare costs in older age longitudinally. Methods: 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...

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PMID: 29036424
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afx157

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