INCREMENTAL HEALTH CARE COSTS OF A SIMPLE MEASURE OF PHENOTYPIC FRAILTY IN OLDER ADULTS
Kristine Ensrud, John Schousboe, Howard Fink, Allyson Kats, Kerry Sheets, Brent Taylor, Cynthia Boyd, Lisa Langsetmo · 2024
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Kristine Ensrud and seven co-authors study, in twenty twenty-four, the added health care costs of frailty in older adults. A full frailty test has five parts, which is hard to do in busy clinics. A short form has three parts: weight loss, trouble rising from a chair, and low energy. The team asked if the short form still flags higher costs. They used data from more than eight thousand Medicare patients, with costs tracked for three years.
Frail people by the short form cost much more per year than robust people. The added cost was only a bit less than for the full form. The link held in both women and men, across cost types.
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| CREATOR | Kristine Ensrud, John Schousboe, Howard Fink, Allyson Kats, Kerry Sheets, Brent Taylor, Cynthia Boyd, Lisa Langsetmo |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 2 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |