Predicting mortality and hospitalization of older adults by the multimorbidity frailty index.

Existing operational definitions of frailty are personnel-costly and time-consuming, resulting in estimates with a small sample size that cannot be generalized to the population level. The objectives were to develop a multimorbidity frailty index using Taiwan's claim database, and to understand...

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Main Authors: Yao-Chun Wen, Liang-Kung Chen, Fei-Yuan Hsiao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5690585?pdf=render