COMPARING THE PROGNOSTIC VALUE OF GERIATRIC HEALTH INDICATORS: A POPULATION-BASED STUDY

Several indicators associated with poor outcomes in older persons have been developed, but a direct comparison of their accuracy is lacking. Knowing which indicator performs better in the prediction of specific outcomes could help health care providers to choose the most suitable one. We compared the accuracy in predicting different clinically-relevant outcomes of five indicators: frailty index (FI), frailty phenotype (FP), the Health Assessment...