Healthy Life Years After 65: Building on Portugal’s Progress with Stronger Geriatric Medicine

Catarina Cabrita; Filipa Fialho Reis; Ana Margarida Silva; Hugo Alexandre Ferreira; Mariana Alves

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Healthy Life Years After 65: Building on Portugal’s Progress with Stronger Geriatric Medicine

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Catarina Cabrita Medicina 2 (Polo da Ilha Do Pico). Hospital da Horta. Horta. https://orcid.org/0009-0008-5760-6974
Filipa Fialho Reis Unidade de Ortogeriatria. Unidade Local de Saúde Santa Maria. Lisboa. & Faculdade de Medicina. Universidade de Lisboa. Lisboa. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9676-9417
Ana Margarida Silva Unidade de Ortogeriatria. Unidade Local de Saúde Santa Maria. Lisboa. & Serviço de Ortopedia. Unidade Local de Saúde Santa Maria. Lisboa. https://orcid.org/0009-0003-7638-0484
Hugo Alexandre Ferreira Unidade de Ortogeriatria. Unidade Local de Saúde Santa Maria. Lisboa. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4323-3942
Mariana Alves Unidade de Ortogeriatria. Unidade Local de Saúde Santa Maria. Lisboa. & Faculdade de Medicina. Universidade de Lisboa. Lisboa. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1369-8423

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2025-12-02

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Cabrita C, Fialho Reis F, Silva AM, Ferreira HA, Alves M. Healthy Life Years After 65: Building on Portugal’s Progress with Stronger Geriatric Medicine. Acta Med Port [Internet]. 2025 Dec. 2 [cited 2025 Dec. 6];38(12):840-1. Available from: https://actamedicaportuguesa.com/revista/index.php/amp/article/view/23872

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