A reliable and record-based frailty assessment method for older medical inpatients

To examine the reproducibility and diagnostic accuracy of a comprehensive frailty assessment method based solely on the older medical inpatient’s electronic medical record. We found good reliability, high agreement, and considerable diagnostic accuracy when comparing the record-based method to the bedside method. The record-based MPI is highly desirable. It seems feasible, reproducible, accurate, and worth exploring in larger datasets and other...