Nearly half of potentially preventable Medicare spending focused on frail elderly patients
1. High-cost frail elderly persons account for almost half of the potentially preventable Medicare spending. 2. The greatest amount of ...
Tag: frailty
Increased frailty associated with childhood cancer survivorship
Image: PD Ewing Sarcoma 1. The prevalence of frailty among young adult childhood cancer survivors (CCS) is similar to that ...
Hopkins Frailty Score is best predictor of postoperative complications
Image: PD 1. Intermediately frail or frail patients, as determined by the Hopkins Frailty Score, had more post-op complications. 2. ...
