Table 4.

SPRINTS forecasted by the synergy proposal

N∘	Name	Starting date	Delivery date	Geographic coverage	Results
S 1	Set up a community - based public health approach to scale-up multidimensional screening tools in order to prevent, detect and manage frailty in community dwelling elderly. Target population and procedure to deliver the screening will be agreed. Ongoing interventions will be included into a common pathway defined by the assessment methodology.	15-Jan-2016	31-Mar-2016	Six Countries	Report on the action plan to implement a public health approach to frailty in community dwelling elderly and on the assessment methodology
S 2	Set up of a methodology to find out the impact of the public health program in this field It will be based on the agreement about the use of one methodology to assess frailty at baseline 12 and 24 months of observation (main candidate the RISC questionnaire – CARTS program), and to identifying common outcomes to be evaluated after 12/24 months of observation. Data will be gathered into one database that will be the main source of the evaluation. Comparative data will stem from official data source (mortality data, institutionalization rate, hospitalization rate, cost of services) which encompass the studied population. Specific observational cohorts could be included in local trials aimed to assess the impact of the interventions: this kind of approach could take longer than the first three months to be set up. Additional tools to assess specific aspects of the projects supporting the proposal, which are already used, could be included to improve the assessment methodology.	15-Jan-2016	31-Mar-2016	Six Countries
S 3	Risk Classification of the first 20% of the sample About 200–400 citizens	1-Apr-2016	30-Jun-2016	Six countries	Report on the baseline assessment
S 4	First six months Impact assessment	1-Nov-2016	31-Dec-2016	Six countries	Report on the impact assessment on the citizens assessed before the 30 June 2016