Comparing Approaches to Measure Frailty in Medicare Data: Deficit-Accumulation Frailty Index Versus Phenotypic Frailty
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci
.
2018 Jun 14;73(7):989-990.
doi: 10.1093/gerona/gly054.
Authors
Dae Hyun Kim
1
2
,
Sebastian Schneeweiss
1
,
Robert J Glynn
1
3
Affiliations
1
Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
2
Division of Gerontology, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts.
3
Division of Preventive Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
PMID:
29697776
PMCID:
PMC6279157
DOI:
10.1093/gerona/gly054
No abstract available
Publication types
Letter
Comment
MeSH terms
Aged
Frail Elderly
Frailty*
Geriatric Assessment
Humans
Medicare
Phenotype
United States
Grants and funding
K08 AG051187/AG/NIA NIH HHS/United States