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Food insecurity screen validated in young families may not fit older adults
The U.S. population age 80 and older is projected to double over the next two decades, yet few of the tools health systems use to screen for food insecurity, transportation barriers and other social needs have been validated in older…
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The U.S. population age 80 and older is projected to double over the next two decades, yet few of the tools health systems use to screen for food insecurity, transportation barriers and other social needs have been validated in older adults. In a perspective published in The New England Journal of Medicine , Regenstrief Institute research scientist Joshua R. Vest, Ph.D., MPH, and co-author Mark A.
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