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Predictive Abilities of the Frailty Phenotype and the Swiss Frailty Network and Repository Frailty Index for Non-Home Discharge and Functional Decline in Hospitalized Geriatric Patients.
The Journal of frailty & aging - 1 Jan 2022
Stuck A K, Schilling N, Bertschi D, Limacher A, Gagesch M, Bischoff-Ferrari H A
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BACKGROUND: Frailty is increasingly applied as a measure to predict clinical outcomes, but data on the predictive abilities of frailty measures for non-home discharge and functional decline in acutely hospitalized geriatric patients are scarce. OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to investigate the predictive ability of the frailty phenotype and a frailty index currently validated as part of the ongoing Swiss...
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