Characteristics of patients discontinuing outpatient services under long-term care insurance and its effect on frailty during COVID-19

Characteristics of patients discontinuing outpatient services under long-term care insurance and its effect on frailty during COVID-19

Background Among community-dwelling older adults who require long-term care and use outpatient rehabilitation services, we aimed to examine the characteristics of patients who discontinued using outpatient rehabilitation services to prevent exposure to COVID-19 and the effects of this discontinuatio...

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Main Authors: Tamaki Hirose, Yohei Sawaya, Takahiro Shiba, Masahiro Ishizaka, Ko Onoda, Akira Kubo, Tomohiko Urano
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2021-04-01
Series:PeerJ
Subjects:
COVID-19
Frailty
Japan
Long-term care
Outpatients
Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/11160.pdf

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