Incremental Health Care Costs of Self-Reported Functional Impairments and Phenotypic Frailty in Community-Dwelling Older Adults : A Prospective Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Health care systems need better strategies to identify older adults at risk for costly care to select target populations for interventions to reduce health care burden.

Objective

To determine whether self-reported functional impairments and phenotypic frailty are associated with incremental health care costs after accounting for claims-based predictors.

Design

Prospective cohort study.

Setting

Index examinations (2002 to 2011) of 4 prospective cohort studies linked with Medicare claims.

Participants

8165 community-dwelling fee-for-service beneficiaries (4318 women, 3847 men).

Measurements

Weighted (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Hierarchical Condition Category index) and unweighted (count of conditions) multimorbidity and frai

SUBMITTER: Ensrud KE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10121958 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature