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Trends colliding: Aging comprehensive family physicians and the growing complexity of their patients

Canadian Family Physician

We compared these populations to pre-pandemic analyses (2008, 2013, and 2019). An increasing proportion of the workforce is age 65 and older (2008: 10.0%; 2013: 14.4%; 2019: 13.9%; 2022: 15.2%), and correspondingly, an increasing number and proportion of patients are attached to near-retirement FPs.

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Does transitional care management improve outcomes after discharge from the hospital?

Common Sense Family Doctor

Chronic conditions that frequently lead to readmissions, such as heart failure, have been targets of transitional care interventions that may include self-care education, home visits, telephone contacts, and office visits.

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Transgender Health, Aging, and Advocacy: A Podcast with Noelle Marie Javier and Jace Flatt

GeriPal

This is like, back in 2013, and I joined the faculty at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. So when I joined Sinai In 2013, I was in a different form at that time. What does that mean for dealing with chronic conditions and syndromes of aging, their health, does it have an impact? Eric 04:53 How is it public?