Frailty in an older inpatient population: Using the clinical frailty scale to predict patient outcomes

Journal of Aging and Health

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 670-685

  Basic, David ^a   Shanley, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

death; elderly inpatients; frailty; length of stay; outcomes

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; CANADA; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRENDS; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CANADA; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; NURSING HOMES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84930370874     PISSN: 08982643     EISSN: 15526887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0898264314558202     Document Type: Article

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