Use of the electronic Frailty Index to identify vulnerable patients: a pilot study in primary care.
CONCLUSION: It was feasible and acceptable to use the eFI in this pilot study. A higher mean eFI in the CGA patients demonstrated construct validity for frailty identification. Practice staff recognised the potential for the eFI to identify the top 2% of vulnerable patients for avoiding unplanned admissions.
PMID: 28947622 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: The British Journal of General Practice - Category: Primary Care Authors: Lansbury LN, Roberts HC, Clift E, Herklots A, Robinson N, Sayer AA Tags: Br J Gen Pract Source Type: research
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