Rules to Identify Persons with Frailty in Administrative Health Databases.

Related Articles Rules to Identify Persons with Frailty in Administrative Health Databases. Can J Aging. 2017 Dec;36(4):514-521 Authors: Urquhart R, Giguere AMC, Lawson B, Kendell C, Holroyd-Leduc JM, Puyat JH, Kazanjian A, Straus S, Johnston GM Abstract This study sought to develop frailty «identification rules» using population-based health administrative data that can be readily applied across jurisdictions for living and deceased persons. Three frailty identification rules were developed based on accepted definitions of frailty, markers of service utilization, and expert consultation, and were limited to variables within two common population-based administrative health databases: hospital discharge abstracts and physician claims data.…
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