Prevalence and outcomes of frailty in unplanned hospital admissions: a systematic review and meta-analysis of hospital-wide and general (internal) medicine cohorts

<p><strong>Background:&nbsp;</strong>Guidelines recommend routine frailty screening for all hospitalised older adults to inform care decisions, based mainly on studies in elective or speciality-specific settings. However, most hospital bed days are accounted for by acute non-el...

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Main Authors: Boucher, EL, Gan, JM, Rothwell, PM, Shepperd, S, Pendlebury, ST
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023