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Incremental healthcare costs of the simple SOF measure of phenotypic frailty in community-dwelling older adults.
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society - 1 Mar 2025
Ensrud Kristine E, Schousboe John T, Kats Allyson M, Fink Howard A, Taylor Brent C, Sheets Kerry M, Boyd Cynthia M, Langsetmo Lisa
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BACKGROUND: Frailty defined by the Cardiovascular Health Study (CHS) phenotype is associated with higher healthcare expenditures in community-dwelling Medicare beneficiaries after accounting for claims-based cost indicators. However, frailty assessment using the CHS phenotype is often not feasible in routine clinical practice. We evaluated whether frailty identified by the simple Study of Osteoporotic Fractures...
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