TOPLINE:

In older hospitalized adults, frailty was associated with discharge to postacute care facilities and a higher risk for readmissions and mortality.

METHODOLOGY:

Researchers conducted a retrospective cohort study to examine whether frailty was associated with the various facilities patients were discharged to and their health outcomes.

The analysis included over 23,000 patients aged 65 years or older (53% women) who were hospitalized for at least 24 hours between 2021 and 2023 at five hospitals within a US-based academic health system.

An electronic health record-based frailty index capturing 54 age-related health deficits was calculated at the most recent outpatient visit before hospitalization. Patients were classified as non-frail, pre-frail, frail, or severely frail.

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