[Effect of frailty in health resource use in aged cancer patients].
GACETA SANITARIA 2024;
38:102360. [PMID:
38460206 DOI:
10.1016/j.gaceta.2024.102360]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2023] [Revised: 11/03/2023] [Accepted: 11/28/2023] [Indexed: 03/11/2024]
Abstract
OBJECTIVE
To evaluate the effect of frailty on health resource use in aged population with cancer.
METHOD
Population-based cohort study with retrospective data collection and follow-up from January 2018 to December 2019 in people ≥65 years with cancer.
RESULTS
Overall, 996 individuals were included, with a prevalence of frailty of 22.1%. Mortality at 2 years was 14.1% in the frail and 9.0% in the non-frail (p=0.028). Independently of age and sex, frailty increased the number of urgent hospitalizations (168%) and planned hospitalizations (64%), visits to the emergency room (111%), outpatient consultations (59%), day hospital sessions (30%) and visits to primary care (114%).
CONCLUSIONS
Frailty is more prevalent, determines a poorer prognostic and is associated with higher health resource use in aged population with cancer.
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