Development and Validation of an Electronic Frailty Index Using Routine Electronic Health Records: An Observational Study From a General Hospital in China

• Published in: Frontiers in Medicine Vol. 8; p. 731445
• Main Authors: Liang, Yao-Dan, Xie, Yi-Bo, Du, Ming-Hui, Shi, Jing, Yang, Jie-Fu, Wang, Hua
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 28.09.2021; Frontiers Media S.A
• Subjects: electronic health records-EHR; frailty; hospitalized costs; long hospital stay; Medicine; Medicine (General); mortality; R5-920

Background: This study aimed to develop and validate an electronic frailty index (eFI) based on routine electronic health records (EHR) for older adult inpatients and to analyze the correlations between frailty and hospitalized events and costs. Methods: We created an eFI from routine EHR and valida...