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Characterising complex health needs and the use of preventative therapies in the older population: a population-based cohort analysis of UK primary care and hospital linked data

2022-09-30 geriatric medicine Title + abstract only
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BackgroundSeveral definitions exist for multimorbidity, frailty or polypharmacy, but no formal definition exists for "complex health needs". We aimed to identify and characterise older people with complex health needs based on healthcare resource use (unplanned hospitalisations or polypharmacy) or frailty. MethodsIn this cohort study, data was extracted from UK primary care records (CPRD GOLD), with linked Hospital Episode Statistics inpatient data. People aged >65 on 1st January 2010, register...

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