Journal article
Utility of the Hospital Frailty Risk Score Derived from Administrative Data and the Association with Stroke Outcomes
MF Kilkenny, HT Phan, RI Lindley, J Kim, D Lopez, LL Dalli, R Grimley, V Sundararajan, AG Thrift, NE Andrew, GA Donnan, DA Cadilhac
Stroke | Published : 2021
Abstract
Background and Purpose: Conditions associated with frailty are common in people experiencing stroke and may explain differences in outcomes. We assessed associations between a published, generic frailty risk score, derived from administrative data, and patient outcomes following stroke/transient ischemic attack; and its accuracy for stroke in predicting mortality compared with other measures of clinical status using coded data. Methods: Patient-level data from the Australian Stroke Clinical Registry (2009-2013) were linked with hospital admissions data. We used International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, Tenth Revision codes with a 5-year look-back perio..
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Funding Acknowledgements
The study was funded as part of the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Stroke123 Partnership Grant (1034415) with partnership funding from Monash University, Queensland Health and the Stroke Foundation (Australia). The AuSCR, during the period of data used in this research, received funding from the Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental, Health, the Stroke Foundation (Australia), consumer and industry donations. The following authors receive Research Fellowship support from the NHMRC: Dr Kilkenny (1109426), Dr Andrew(1072053), Dr Thrift (1042600), Dr Cadilhac (1063761 co-funded Heart Foundation, 1154273), and L.L. Dalli received support through an Australian Government Research Training Program (RTP) Scholarship.