Fabienne Hershkowitz Sikron

Research Paper Volume 16, Issue 20 pp 13025—13038 1 Meuhedet Health Maintenance Organization (HMO), Tel-Aviv, Israel 2 The Joint-Eshel Organization, Jerusalem, Israel 3 Department of Geriatrics, Israeli Ministry of Health, Jerusalem, Israel https://doi.org/10.18632/aging.206141 How to Cite Cite this Article Select the format you require from the list below Click to copy this citation from the text box above or download the citation: Citation | Copyright: © 2024 Hershkowitz Sikron et al.

Background: Frailty constitutes a major factor that puts the elderly at risk of health and functional deterioration. Objectives: To develop and validate an Electronic Frailty Index based on electronic data routinely collected in the HMO. Study design and setting: A retrospective cohort of the HMO members. Participants: 120,986 patients, aged 65 years and over at the beginning of 2023. Predictors: A cumulative frailty index including 36 medical, functional, and social deficits.

Epidemiology/Health Services Research Abstract OBJECTIVE We know that diabetes predisposes to common infections, such as cellulitis and pneumonia. However, the correlation between the level of glycemic control and the rate of infection is unknown. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS We examined the association between glycemic control in patients with diabetes and the incidence of infection in the entire population of patients with diabetes in a large HMO.