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Frailty assessment in primary health care and its association with unplanned secondary care use: a rapid review

Ben R Davies, Helen Baxter, James Rooney, Phillip Simons, Ann Sephton, Sarah Purdy and Alyson L Huntley
BJGP Open 2018; 2 (1): bjgpopen18X101325. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgpopen18X101325
Ben R Davies
1 Senior Research Associate, Centre for Academic Primary Care, Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, , UK
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  • For correspondence: ben.davies{at}bristol.ac.uk
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vol. 2 no. 1 bjgpopen18X101325
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgpopen18X101325
PubMed 
30564700

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Royal College of General Practitioners
History 
  • Received May 5, 2017
  • Accepted August 14, 2017
  • Published online April 17, 2018.

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  1. Ben R Davies, PhD1,*,
  2. Helen Baxter, PhD2,
  3. James Rooney, MSc3,
  4. Phillip Simons, MB4,
  5. Ann Sephton, MB5,
  6. Sarah Purdy, MD6 and
  7. Alyson L Huntley, PhD7
  1. 1 Senior Research Associate, Centre for Academic Primary Care, Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol , UK
  2. 2 Senior Research Associate, Centre for Academic Primary Care, Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol , UK
  3. 3 Senior Project Manager, NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit, Bristol , UK
  4. 4 Clinical Evidence Fellow, NHS South Gloucestershire Clinical Commissioning Group, Warmley , UK
  5. 5 Deputy Clinical Chair and Lead for Emergency and Urgent Care and Community Health Services, NHS South Gloucestershire Clinical Commissioning Group, Warmley , UK
  6. 6 Professor of Primary Health Care, Centre for Academic Primary Care, Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol , UK
  7. 7 Research Fellow, Centre for Academic Primary Care, Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol , UK
  1. ↵ *For correspondence:
     ben.davies{at}bristol.ac.uk
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