Open AccessFamily physicians need easy instruments for frailty
Author(s) -
Jan De Lepeleire,
JeanMarie Degryse,
S Illiffe,
Emily Mann,
Frank Buntinx
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
age and ageing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.014
H-Index - 143
eISSN - 1468-2834
pISSN - 0002-0729
DOI - 10.1093/ageing/afn116
Subject(s) - medicine , gerontology , family medicine , medical emergency
SIR—This is with reference to the article ‘Development of an easy prognostic score for frailty outcomes in the aged’ written by G. Ravaglia, P. Forti, A. Lucicesare, N. Pisacane, E. Rietti, C. Patterson[1]. As general practitioners involved in research about primary care for older people we agree that frailty is an emerging concept with important clinical consequences. Ravaglia et al. describe ‘an easy
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