Background Current guidelines for healthcare of community-dwelling older people advocate
screening for frailty to predict adverse health outcomes, but there is no consensus on the …

Background Parkinson's disease (PD) is a rapidly growing neurodegenerative disorder, but
up‐to‐date epidemiological data are lacking in Latin America. We sought to estimate the …

Objective Timely diagnosis and management of heart failure (HF) is critical, but identification
of patients with suspected HF can be challenging, especially in primary care. We describe …

Background frailty has only recently been recognised as important in patients with heart
failure (HF), but little has been done to predict the first hospitalisation after diagnosis in …

Objective Clinical guidelines on heart failure (HF) suggest timings for investigation and
referral in primary care. We calculated the time for patients to achieve key elements in the …

Little is known about the within-person variability of different frailty instruments, their
agreement over time, and whether use of repeat assessments could improve the strength of …

Aims We aimed to identify subgroups in the patient population with different trajectories of
long-term readmission rates. The study also aimed to assess common causes and their …

Background Despite the existence of evidence-based guidelines supporting the identification
of heart failure (HF) in primary care, the proportion of patients diagnosed in this setting …

Background The complex nature of heart failure (HF) management, often involving
multidimensional care, is widely recognised, but overall health service utilisation by patients with HF …

… Authors: Kim, Dani J. … Correspondence: [*] Correspondence to: Dani Kim, MSc, Health
Service and Population Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology, and …