ArticleHealth services research2015
The patterns of health care utilization by elderly Europeans: frailty and its implications for health systems.
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69 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
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- Health Care-Related Determinants of First-Time Long-Term Care Need in Older Adults in Germany: Retrospective Cohort Study Using Claims Data.Interactive journal of medical research · 2026Article
- Metabolic signature of EAT-Lancet diet in relation to risk of frailty: a prospective cohort study.NPJ science of food · 2025Article
- Development and testing of an electronic frailty index using Canadian electronic medical record data in primary care.BMC primary care · 2025Article
- Trends in outpatient healthcare visits among adults aged 50 years and older in 27 European countries: analysis of population-based survey data, 2004-2022.The Lancet regional health. Europe · 2025Article
- Long-term smoking contributes to aging frailty and inflammatory response.Biomolecules & biomedicine · 2025Article
- The relationship among socioeconomic status, social support and frailty: is there a gender difference?Aging clinical and experimental research · 2025Article
- Frailty as an independent risk factor for sepsis-associated delirium: a cohort study of 11,740 older adult ICU patients.Aging clinical and experimental research · 2025Article
- Knowledge mapping of frailty and surgery: a bibliometric and visualized analysis.Langenbeck's archives of surgery · 2024Article
- Association of Air Quality Improvement and Frailty Progression: A National Study across China.Toxics · 2024Article
- Identifying and Managing Frailty: A Survey of UK Healthcare Professionals.Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society · 2024Article
- Walking the talk for dementia: A unique immersive, embodied, and multi-experiential initiative.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2024Article
- The Association of Frailty and Neighborhood Disadvantage with Emergency Department Visits and Hospitalizations in Older Adults.Journal of general internal medicine · 2024Observational
- Reasons for hospitalisation and cumulative mortality in people, 75 years or older, at high risk of hospital admission: a prospective study.BMC geriatrics · 2024Observational
- Care pathways in older patients seen in a multidisciplinary same day emergency care (SDEC) unit.Age and ageing · 2024Article
- Exploring the association between social isolation and utilization of primary health services by older adults: evidence from China.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo examine the patterns of health care utilization by the elderly and test the influence of functional decline. DATA SOURCE AND STUDY
designWe used the three regular waves of the SHARE survey to estimate the influence of frailty on health care utilization in 10 European countries. We controlled for the main correlates of frailty and unobserved individual effects.
resultsThe frail elderly increase their primary and hospital care utilization before the onset of disability. Multimorbidity moderates the effect of frailty on care utilization.
conclusionsThe prevalence of frailty is high in most countries and is expected to increase. This renders frailty prevention and remediation efforts imperative for two complementary reasons: to promote healthier aging and to reduce the burden on health systems.
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