A cross-sectional study examining convergent validity of a frailty index based on electronic medical records in a Canadian primary care program

A cross-sectional study examining convergent validity of a frailty index based on electronic medical records in a Canadian primary care program

Abstract Background An electronic frailty index (eFI) has been developed and validated in the UK; it uses data from primary care electronic medical records (EMR) for effective frailty case-finding in primary care. This project examined the convergent validity of the eFI from Canadian primary care EM...

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Main Authors: Marjan Abbasi, Sheny Khera, Julia Dabravolskaj, Ben Vandermeer, Olga Theou, Darryl Rolfson, Andrew Clegg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-04-01
Series:BMC Geriatrics
Subjects:
Frailty case-finding
Electronic frailty index
Primary care
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12877-019-1119-x

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