Accuracy of diagnosis and health service codes in identifying frailty in Medicare data

Accuracy of diagnosis and health service codes in identifying frailty in Medicare data

Abstract Background Capturing frailty within administrative claims data may help to identify high-risk patients and inform population health management strategies. Although it is common to ascertain frailty status utilizing claims-based surrogates (e.g. diagnosis and health service codes) selected a...

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Main Authors: Natalia Festa, Sandra M. Shi, Dae Hyun Kim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-09-01
Series:BMC Geriatrics
Subjects:
Frailty
Frailty phenotype
Older adult
Medicare administrative data
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12877-020-01739-w

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