Efecto de la fragilidad en el consumo de recursos sanitarios en ancianos con cáncer

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. (c) 2024 SESPAS. Published by Elsevier Espan similar to a, S.L.U. This is an open access article under the CC BY -NC -ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).