Validating Administratively Derived Frailty Scores for Use in VA Emergency Departments.

Sharmistha DevAndrew A GonzalezJessica CoffingJames E SlavenShantanu DevStan TaylorCarrie BallardSusan Nicole HastingsDawn M Bravata

Published in: Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (2023)

Frailty was common among VA ED patients. Increased frailty, whether measured by CAN score or VA-FI, was strongly associated with hospitalization and mortality and both can be used in the ED to identify Veterans at high risk for adverse outcomes. Having an effective automatic score in VA EDs to identify frail Veterans may allow for better targeting of scarce resources.

Keyphrases

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