Association Between Dysphagia and Inpatient Outcomes Across Frailty Level Among Patients ≥ 50 Years of Age.

ABSTRACT: Frail patients may have heightened risk of dysphagia, a potentially modifiable health factor. Our aim is to examine whether the relationship between dysphagia and adverse health outcomes differs by frailty conditions among inpatients ≥ 50 years of age. Medical or surgical hospitalizations among patients ≥ 50 years of age in the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project's National Inpatient Sample from 2014 through the first three quarters of 2015 were included. Adverse outcomes included length of stay (LOS), hospital costs, in-hospital mortality, discharge status, and medical complications. Dysphagia was determined by ICD-9-CM codes. Frailty was defined as (a) ≥ 1 condition in the10-item Johns Hopkins Adjusted Clinical Groups (ACG) frailty measure and a frailty index for the (b) ACG and (c)

SUBMITTER: Cohen SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7275917 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature