External validation of the Hospital Frailty Risk Score in France

Thomas Gilbert, Quentin Cordier, Stéphanie Polazzi, Marc Bonnefoy, Eilìs Keeble, Andrew Street, Simon Conroy and Antoine Duclos

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Abstract: BACKGROUND: The Hospital Frailty Risk Score (HFRS) has made it possible internationally to identify subgroups of patients with characteristics of frailty from routinely collected hospital data. OBJECTIVE: To externally validate the HFRS in France. DESIGN: A retrospective analysis of the French medical information database. SETTING: 743 hospitals in Metropolitan France. SUBJECTS: All patients aged 75 years or older hospitalised as an emergency in 2017 (n = 1,042,234). METHODS: The HFRS was calculated for each patient based on the index stay and hospitalisations over the preceding 2 years. Main outcome measures were 30-day in-patient mortality, length of stay (LOS) >10 days and 30-day readmissions. Mixed logistic regression models were used to investigate the association between outcomes and HFRS score. RESULTS: Patients with high HFRS risk were associated with increased risk of mortality and prolonged LOS (adjusted odds ratio [aOR] = 1.38 [1.35-1.42] and 3.27 [3.22-3.32], c-statistics = 0.676 and 0.684, respectively), while it appeared less predictive of readmissions (aOR = 1.00 [0.98-1.02], c-statistic = 0.600). Model calibration was excellent. Restricting the score to data prior to index admission reduced discrimination of HFRS substantially. CONCLUSIONS: HFRS can be used in France to determine risks of 30-day in-patient mortality and prolonged LOS, but not 30-day readmissions. Trial registration: Reference ID on clinicaltrials.gov: ID: NCT03905629.

Keywords: frailty; hospitalisation; length of stay; mortality; older people; risk assessment; statistics and numerical data (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G32 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 8 pages
Date: 2022-01-06
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Published in Age and ageing, 6, January, 2022, 51(1). ISSN: 0002-0729

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