Deficit Accumulation Model

The Deficit Accumulation Model is a quantitative framework within the Frailty Index literature that operationalizes frailty as a cumulative count of health-related deficits, distinguished from other aging metrics by its reliance on the progressive aggregation of diverse physiological and functional impairments to represent individual vulnerability.

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2017–2026

82

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Frailty Index Model

Authors

1.6K

  1. KR
    Kenneth Rockwood

    Dalhousie University, Canada

    36 publications · 11.3K citations

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  2. AM
    Arnold Mitnitski

    Dalhousie University, Canada

    21 publications · 7.5K citations

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  3. OT
    Olga Theou

    Dalhousie University, Canada

    10 publications · 1K citations

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  4. MK
    Melissa K. Andrew

    Dalhousie University, Canada

    6 publications · 1.9K citations

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  5. EO
    Emiel O. Hoogendijk

    Amsterdam UMC Location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands

    5 publications · 276 citations

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  1. The Journals of Gerontology Series A

    13 publications · 2.4K citations

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  2. Age and Ageing

    9 publications · 847 citations

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  3. PLoS ONE

    7 publications · 777 citations

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  4. BMC Geriatrics

    7 publications · 4K citations

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  5. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

    6 publications · 546 citations

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