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Association of the clinical frailty scale with hospital outcomes

S J Wallis, Jasmine Wall, Richard Biram, Román Romero‐Ortuño

QJM · 2015 · 343 citations · 19 references

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The CFS may help predict in-patient mortality and target specialist geriatric resources within the hospital. Usual hospital metrics such as mortality and LOS should take into account measurable patient complexity.

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