Validation of a claims-based frailty index against physical performance and adverse health outcomes in the health and retirement study

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 74, Issue 8, 2019, Pages 1271-1276

  Kim, Dae Hyun ^a,b,c   Glynn, Robert J ^a   Avorn, Jerry ^a   Lipsitz, Lewis A ^b,c   Rockwood, Kenneth ^d   Pawar, Ajinkya ^a   Schneeweiss, Sebastian ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Frailty; Health services; Medicare claims; Physical performance

Indexed keywords

DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; FRAILTY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT LIVING; INSURANCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; FRAILTY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEDICARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85071147480     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: 1758535X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/gly197     Document Type: Article

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