Frailty predicts referral for elder abuse evaluation in a nationwide healthcare system-Results from a case-control study.

Lena K Makaroun Ann-Marie RoslandMaria K MorHongwei ZhangElijah LovelaceTony E Rosen Melissa E Dichter Carolyn T Thorpe

Published in: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (2023)

A claims-based measure of frailty predicted referral to SW for EA evaluation in a national healthcare system, independent of comorbidity burden. Electronic health record measures of frailty may facilitate EA risk assessment and detection for this important but under-recognized phenomenon.

Keyphrases

electronic health record
risk assessment
community dwelling
primary care
clinical decision support
health insurance
cross sectional
climate change
quantum dots
intimate partner violence