Longitudinal changes in a claims-based frailty proxy measure compared to concurrent changes in the Fried frailty phenotype.
Emilie D DuchesneauDae Hyun KimTil StürmerKatherine Reeder-HayesJessie K EdwardsKeturah R FaurotJennifer L LundPublished in: The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences (2024)
Older adults who experienced a frailty phenotype worsening over three years experienced concurrent increases in the Faurot frailty index. Our results suggest that claims data may be used to identify clinically meaningful worsening in frailty.