英国国家审计署：2025年为失能老人提供初级和社区医疗支持报告（英文版）

Medical professionals use ‘frailty’ to identify the group of older people who have the highest risk of adverse outcomes such as disability, falls, hospital admission and the need for long-term care. The Chief Medical Officer considers that early identification of frailty can slow its progression and delay loss of independence. In addition to the negative impact on people’s health, frailty also results in costs to the healthcare system. In 2019, researchers estimated that frailty cost the UK h