population health

As a vascular surgeon, while having cared for many frail individuals, I was first exposed to the concept of frailty as a syndrome in 2011. Frailty requires special handling, like a prized antique.

Evidence-based medicine, it seems commonsensical; who could argue about using the best evidence available to make treatment decisions?

The public forum is dominated by discussions surrounding access to medical care. In part, calls for expanded “health care” abound with the term often a misnomer.

Finally, some worthwhile data.  

Excited to report that a new study in Health Affairs provides us with another metric that we have previously known and repeatedly been shown in the literature (and