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| Title |
The impact of frailty on healthcare utilisation in Ireland: evidence from the Irish longitudinal study on ageing
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| Published in |
BMC Geriatrics, September 2017
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12877-017-0579-0 |
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| Authors |
Lorna Roe, Charles Normand, Maev-Ann Wren, John Browne, Aisling M. O’Halloran |
| Abstract |
To examine the impact of frailty on medical and social care utilisation among the Irish community-dwelling older population to inform strategies of integrated care for older people with complex needs. Participants aged ≥65 years from the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA) representative of the Irish community-dwelling older population were analysed (n = 3507). The frailty index was used to examine patterns of utilisation across medical and social care services. Multivariate logistic and negative binomial regression models were employed to examine the impact of frailty on service utilisation outcomes after controlling for other factors. The prevalence of frailty and pre-frailty was 24% (95% CI: 23, 26%) and 45% (95% CI: 43, 47%) respectively. Frailty was a significant predictor of utilisation of most social care and medical care services after controlling for the main correlates of frailty and observed individual effects. Frailty predicts utilisation of many different types of healthcare services rendering it a useful risk stratification tool for targeting strategies of integrated care. The pattern of care is predominantly medical as few of the frail older population use social care prompting questions about sub-groups of the frail older population with unmet care needs. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Spain | 3 | 21% |
| Ireland | 2 | 14% |
| Belgium | 1 | 7% |
| France | 1 | 7% |
| Australia | 1 | 7% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 7% |
| Unknown | 5 | 36% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 6 | 43% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 4 | 29% |
| Scientists | 3 | 21% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 7% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 123 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 123 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 15 | 12% |
| Researcher | 14 | 11% |
| Student > Bachelor | 14 | 11% |
| Student > Master | 13 | 11% |
| Other | 7 | 6% |
| Other | 21 | 17% |
| Unknown | 39 | 32% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing and Health Professions | 24 | 20% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 20 | 16% |
| Social Sciences | 7 | 6% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 5 | 4% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 4 | 3% |
| Other | 16 | 13% |
| Unknown | 47 | 38% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 17. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 16 November 2022.
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#501
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#40,237
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#12
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