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

Abstract Background While several definitions exist for multimorbidity, frailty or polypharmacy, it is yet unclear to what extent single healthcare markers capture the complexity of health-related needs in older people in the community. We aimed to identify and characterise older people with complex...

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Published in:	BMC Geriatrics
Main Authors:	Leena Elhussein, Annika M. Jödicke, Ying He, Antonella Delmestri, Danielle E. Robinson, Victoria Y. Strauss, Daniel Prieto-Alhambra
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	BMC 2023-01-01
Subjects:	Geriatric medicine Older people Preventive therapies Pharmaco-epidemiology Frailty Polypharmacy
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-023-03770-z