Validation of the hospital frailty risk score in China.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To validate the Hospital Frailty Risk Score (HFRS) in Chinese hospital settings, describing how patients are allocated to frailty risk groups and how frailty risk is associated with length of stay (LoS) and hospital costs.

Design

Retrospective observational study.

Setting

Forty-eight hospitals in Lvliang City, Shanxi Province, China.

Subjects

Patients aged 75 years or older hospitalised between 1 January 2022 and 31 December 2023 (n = 34,731).

Methods

A logistic regression model examined the association between long length of stay (LoS) and frailty risk. A generalised linear model assessed the association between hospital costs and frailty risk. Subgroup analyses of age group, sex, and hospital tiers were conducted.

Results

22.2% of patien

SUBMITTER: Qiu Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12378284 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature