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Ken Covinsky

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Clinician-researcher @UCSF Geriatrics. Director, UCSF Older Americans Independence Center. Passionate about improving quality of life for older persons.

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Hospitalization-Associated Disability = being discharged with new ADL disability compared to pre-illness baseline Occurs in 1/3 of patients over age 70 Usually after hospitalization for condition not considered disabling + after "successful" medical RX jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/…