Dr Foster global frailty score: an international retrospective observational study developing and validating a risk prediction model for hospitalised older persons from administrative data sets

Objectives This study aimed to examine the prevalence of frailty coding within the Dr Foster Global Comparators (GC) international database. We then aimed to develop and validate a risk prediction model, based on frailty syndromes, for key outcomes using the GC data set.Design A retrospective cohort...

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Main Authors: Danny Liew, Alex Bottle, Carolyn Cooper, Derek Bell, John T Y Soong, Carol Jane Peden, Adrian Hopper, Jurgita Gammall
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2019-06-01
Series:BMJ Open
Online Access:https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/9/6/e026759.full