Characteristics of Older Adults Who Cannot Identify a Healthcare Agent

Andrew B Cohen¹, Andrea L Paiva², Colleen A Redding³, Terri R Fried^{4

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Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, P.O. Box 208025, New Haven, CT, 06520-8025, USA. andrew.b.cohen@yale.edu.
² Cancer Prevention Research Center, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, USA.
³ Department of Psychology, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, USA.
⁴ Department of Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, P.O. Box 208025, New Haven, CT, 06520-8025, USA.
⁵ Clinical Epidemiology Research Center, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT, USA.

Andrew B Cohen et al. J Gen Intern Med. 2022 Apr.

. 2022 Apr;37(5):1313-1314.

doi: 10.1007/s11606-021-06798-2. Epub 2021 Apr 26.

Andrew B Cohen¹, Andrea L Paiva², Colleen A Redding³, Terri R Fried^{4

5}

¹ Department of Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, P.O. Box 208025, New Haven, CT, 06520-8025, USA. andrew.b.cohen@yale.edu.
² Cancer Prevention Research Center, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, USA.
³ Department of Psychology, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, USA.
⁴ Department of Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, P.O. Box 208025, New Haven, CT, 06520-8025, USA.
⁵ Clinical Epidemiology Research Center, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT, USA.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they do not have a conflict of interest.

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