@article{Hewitt_J-2020_8179,
title = {The effect of frailty on survival in patients with COVID-19 (COPE): a multicentre, European, observational cohort study},
author = {Hewitt, J. and Carter, B. and Vilches-Moraga, A. and Quinn, T. and Braude, P. and Verduri, A. and Pearce, L. and Stechman, M. and Short , R. and Price, A. and Collins, J. and Bruce, E. and Einarsson, A. and Rickard , F. and Mitchell, E. and Holloway, M. and Hesford, J. and Barlow-Pay, F. and Clini, E. and Myint, P. and Moug, S. and McCarthy, K.},
month = {aug},
year = {2020},
abstract = {The COVID-19 pandemic has placed unprecedented strain on health-care systems. Frailty is being used in clinical decision making for patients with COVID-19, yet the prevalence and effect of frailty in people with COVID-19 is not known. In the COVID-19 in Older PEople (COPE) study we aimed to establish the prevalence of frailty in patients with COVID-19 who were admitted to hospital and investigate its association with mortality and duration of hospital stay.},
pages = {444-451},
volume = {5},
issue = {8},
journal = {Lancet Public Health},
publisher = {Elsevier},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/S2468-2667(20)30146-8},
}
