Development and validation of an electronic frailty index using routine primary care electronic health record data

Clegg, Andrew; Bates, Chris; Young, John; Ryan, Ronan; Nichols, Linda; Teale, Elizabeth; A. Mohammed, Mohammed; Parry, John; Marshall, Tom

doi:10.1093/ageing/afw039

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Development and validation of an electronic frailty index using routine primary care electronic health record data

Published in Age and Ageing • Mar 3, 2016

Authors:

Andrew Clegg

Chris Bates

John Young

Abstract

BACKGROUND: frailty is an especially problematic expression of population ageing. International guidelines recommend routine identification of frailty to provide evidence-based treatment, but currently available tools require additional resource. OBJECTIVES: to develop and validate an electronic fra...

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Medicine

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