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Diagnosis of Frailty after a Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment: Differences between Family Physicians and Geriatricians

Janneke A. L. van Kempen, René J. F. Melis, M. Perry, Henk J. Schers and Marcel G. M. Olde Rikkert
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine March 2015, 28 (2) 240-248; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2015.02.130081
Janneke A. L. van Kempen
From the Department of Geriatric Medicine, Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands (JALK, RJFM, MP, GMOR); Department of Primary and Community Care, Centre for Family Medicine, Geriatric Care and Public Health, Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands (HJS).
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René J. F. Melis
From the Department of Geriatric Medicine, Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands (JALK, RJFM, MP, GMOR); Department of Primary and Community Care, Centre for Family Medicine, Geriatric Care and Public Health, Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands (HJS).
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M. Perry
From the Department of Geriatric Medicine, Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands (JALK, RJFM, MP, GMOR); Department of Primary and Community Care, Centre for Family Medicine, Geriatric Care and Public Health, Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands (HJS).
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Henk J. Schers
From the Department of Geriatric Medicine, Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands (JALK, RJFM, MP, GMOR); Department of Primary and Community Care, Centre for Family Medicine, Geriatric Care and Public Health, Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands (HJS).
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Marcel G. M. Olde Rikkert
From the Department of Geriatric Medicine, Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands (JALK, RJFM, MP, GMOR); Department of Primary and Community Care, Centre for Family Medicine, Geriatric Care and Public Health, Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands (HJS).
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vol. 28 no. 2 240-248
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2015.02.130081
PubMed 
25748765

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The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine
Print ISSN 
1557-2625
Online ISSN 
1558-7118
History 
  • Received for publication March 3, 2013
  • Revision received November 16, 2014
  • Accepted for publication December 1, 2014
  • Published online March 6, 2015.

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© Copyright 2015 by the American Board of Family Medicine.

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  1. Janneke A. L. van Kempen, MD,
  2. René J. F. Melis, MD, PhD,
  3. M. Perry, MD, PhD,
  4. Henk J. Schers, MD, PhD and
  5. Marcel G. M. Olde Rikkert, MD, PhD
  1. From the Department of Geriatric Medicine, Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands (JALK, RJFM, MP, GMOR); Department of Primary and Community Care, Centre for Family Medicine, Geriatric Care and Public Health, Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands (HJS).
  1. Corresponding author: René J.F. Melis, MD, PhD, Department of Geriatric Medicine, Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, Radboud University Medical Center, P.O. Box 9101, NL-6500 HB Nijmegen, the Netherlands. rene.melis{at}radboudumc.nl.
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Janneke A. L. van Kempen, René J. F. Melis, M. Perry, Henk J. Schers, Marcel G. M. Olde Rikkert
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Mar 2015, 28 (2) 240-248; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2015.02.130081

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The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Mar 2015, 28 (2) 240-248; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2015.02.130081
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