Older persons are frailer after an emergency care visit to the out-of-hours general practitioner cooperative in the Netherlands: a cross-sectional descriptive TOPICS-MDS study

Older persons are frailer after an emergency care visit to the out-of-hours general practitioner cooperative in the Netherlands: a cross-sectional descriptive TOPICS-MDS study

Abstract Background In the Netherlands, community-dwelling older people with primary care emergency problems contact the General Practitioner Cooperative (GPC) after hours. However, frailty remains an often unobserved hazard with adverse health outcomes. The aim of this study was to provide insight...

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Main Authors: Anneke Bloemhoff, Yvonne Schoon, Kien Smulders, Reinier Akkermans, Lilian C. M. Vloet, Karin van den Berg, Sivera A. A. Berben, On behalf of the TOPICS-MDS Consortium
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-08-01
Series:BMC Family Practice
Subjects:
Older persons
Frailty
General practitioners cooperative
Emergency care
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12875-020-01220-y

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