Frailty and health services use among Quebec seniors with non-hip fractures: a population-based study using adminsitrative databases.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The number of frail elderly will increase as the world population ageing accelerates. Since frail elders are at risk of falls, hospitalizations and disabilities, they will require more health care and services. To assess frailty prevalence using health administrative databases, to examine the association between frailty and the use of medical services and to measure the excess use of health services following a non-hip fracture across frailty levels among community-dwelling seniors.

Methods

A population-based cohort study was built from the Quebec Integrated Chronic Disease Surveillance System, including men and women ≥65 years old, non-institutionalized in the pre-fracture year. Frailty was measured using the Elders Risk Assessment (ERA) index. Multivariate Gener

SUBMITTER: Fillion V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6347825 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature