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Editorial
. 2023 Jun 23;24(1):129.
doi: 10.1186/s12875-023-02083-9.

Frailty in primary care: challenges, innovations, and future directions

Kristiana Ludlow  1 , Oliver Todd  2 , Natasha Reid  3 , Hakan Yaman  4
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Editorial

Frailty in primary care: challenges, innovations, and future directions

Kristiana Ludlow et al. BMC Prim Care. .

Abstract

Frailty is one of the biggest challenges to healthy ageing, and yet our understanding and management of frailty is in its infancy. In this editorial we outline challenges, innovations and future directions in frailty research in primary care, and invite contributions to BMC Primary Care's "Frailty in Primary Care" Collection.

Keywords: Frailty; Older adults; Primary Care.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no competing interests.

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