Given the progressive ageing of Italian and European populations, chronic diseases attributable to ageing are rising steeply, calling for new strategies for health resources management and implementation of prevention policies. Among chronic patients, frail subjects have special and wider care needs, together with an increased risk of adverse health outcomes. Thus, their identification is a fundamental goal, claimed as the first step of the Italian National Program for Chronic Diseases.

Construction of a frailty indicator with partially ordered sets: a multiple outcome proposal based on administrative healthcare data

2020

Abstract

Given the progressive ageing of Italian and European populations, chronic diseases attributable to ageing are rising steeply, calling for new strategies for health resources management and implementation of prevention policies. Among chronic patients, frail subjects have special and wider care needs, together with an increased risk of adverse health outcomes. Thus, their identification is a fundamental goal, claimed as the first step of the Italian National Program for Chronic Diseases.
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