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Developing and Assessing the Validity of Claims-based Indicators of Frailty and Functional Disabilities in Electronic Health Records

Publication Date
Sep 1, 2022
Authors
Hadi Kharrazi, M.D., Ph.D., FAMIA, Douglas W. Roblin, Ph.D., Jonathan P Weiner, Dr.P.H.

This project focused on validating an established claims-based frailty indexes (CFI) using linked claims-EHR databases of multiple large health systems. Additionally, the project assessed and compared the EHR and claims data of these data sources to ensure sufficient data quality for frailty analysis. Lastly, this project compared the EHR based frailty indexes (EFI) and CFI using EHR and claims data of each data source.

Files
HP-19-009 AHRQ Final Report (pdf, 1.05 MB)
Topics
Disability | Functional Impairment | Electronic Health Records (EHR) | Administrative Data | Data Quality | Health Indicators
Product Type
Report
Populations
Older Adults
Location- & Geography-Based Data
National Data