Incorporating Prognosis into Clinical Decision-Making for Older Adults with Diabetes

W James Deardorff^{1

2}, Kenneth Covinsky^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Division of Geriatrics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA. william.deardorff@ucsf.edu.
² San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, USA. william.deardorff@ucsf.edu.
³ Division of Geriatrics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
⁴ San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, USA.

Editorial

W James Deardorff et al. J Gen Intern Med. 2023 Oct.

. 2023 Oct;38(13):2857-2859.

doi: 10.1007/s11606-023-08326-w.

W James Deardorff^{1

2}, Kenneth Covinsky^{3

4}

¹ Division of Geriatrics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA. william.deardorff@ucsf.edu.
² San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, USA. william.deardorff@ucsf.edu.
³ Division of Geriatrics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
⁴ San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, USA.

No abstract available

Conflict of interest statement

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

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