Health & Social Work · 1987 · 24 citations · 0 references
MedicineCardiologyGeriatric MedicineGeriatric AssessmentGeriatric CareGeriatricsComprehensive Geriatric AssessmentFunctional Assessment In Older AdultsFunctional Rating ScalesGeriatric Prognostic ModelsHospital Readmission MeasurementHospital Readmission PredictionHospital Readmission RiskPostdischarge Follow-upReadmission PredictionReadmission Risk Assessment
Sixty hospitalized elderly cardiac patients were tested using the Geriatric Functional Rating Scale (GFRS) and were followed four months postdischarge. Significant relationships were found between GFRS scores and readmission status. These data substantiate the potential usefulness of GFRS as a predictive instrument to identify those high-risk hospitalized elderly cardiac patients who need social-health services in the posthospital recovery period.