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Affiliations

¹ New England Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Centers and Division of Geriatrics & Extended Care, Veteran Affairs Boston Healthcare System, Boston, Mass; Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass; Department of Medicine/Division of Aging Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Mass. Electronic address: andrea.schwartz@va.gov.
² Department of Geriatric Medicine, Cork University Hospital, Cork, Ireland.
³ New England Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Centers and Division of Geriatrics & Extended Care, Veteran Affairs Boston Healthcare System, Boston, Mass; Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass; Department of Medicine/Division of Aging Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Mass.

Comment

Andrea Wershof Schwartz et al. Am J Med. 2021 Nov.

. 2021 Nov;134(11):e564.

doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2021.06.042.

¹ New England Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Centers and Division of Geriatrics & Extended Care, Veteran Affairs Boston Healthcare System, Boston, Mass; Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass; Department of Medicine/Division of Aging Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Mass. Electronic address: andrea.schwartz@va.gov.
² Department of Geriatric Medicine, Cork University Hospital, Cork, Ireland.
³ New England Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Centers and Division of Geriatrics & Extended Care, Veteran Affairs Boston Healthcare System, Boston, Mass; Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass; Department of Medicine/Division of Aging Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Mass.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of Interest: The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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