TY - JOUR
T1 - Improving health care accessibility for older adults with frailty: the role of Geographical Information Systems
AU - Dent, Elsa
AU - Gaans, Deborah van
PY - 2018/10/1
Y1 - 2018/10/1
N2 - Population ageing, combined with an increased use of health technologies to manage co-morbidities, is driving an increased demand for health and aged care services. High usage of these services is particularly common in older adults with the geriatric condition of frailty [1]. This vulnerable population group often faces a mismatch between their care needs and access to health care services due to impairments in physical functioning and/or dependence on other people for assistance
AB - Population ageing, combined with an increased use of health technologies to manage co-morbidities, is driving an increased demand for health and aged care services. High usage of these services is particularly common in older adults with the geriatric condition of frailty [1]. This vulnerable population group often faces a mismatch between their care needs and access to health care services due to impairments in physical functioning and/or dependence on other people for assistance
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U2 - 10.1007/s40520-017-0884-7
DO - 10.1007/s40520-017-0884-7
M3 - Letter
SN - 1594-0667
VL - 30
SP - 1257
EP - 1258
JO - Aging Clinical and Experimental Research
JF - Aging Clinical and Experimental Research
IS - 10
ER -