Frailty measurement and its contribution to clinical care and health services: A commentary

Shannon Wu; Bruce Leff

doi:10.1186/s13584-018-0225-0

Frailty measurement and its contribution to clinical care and health services: A commentary

Shannon Wu, Bruce Leff

School of Medicine

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Abstract

Frailty is associated with poorer quality of life and higher healthcare utilization and spending. Despite its importance, no clear consensus exists on the definition of frailty. The recent IJHPR article by Buch et al. significantly contributes to the advancement of Israel's understanding of frailty by estimating for the first time the prevalence of frailty in the country. This commentary discusses the context of past and current advancements in measuring frailty and discusses how frailty measurement can contribute to both clinical care and the organization of health services to care for frail older adults in Israel and other developed countries.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	27
Journal	Israel journal of health policy research
Volume	7
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1186/s13584-018-0225-0
State	Published - May 23 2018

Keywords

Frailty
Health services
Measurement

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Health Policy
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

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