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Approximately one-third of older inpatients are considered frail, a condition linked to poor health outcomes. The Hospital Frailty Risk Score (HFRS) is an automated and efficient method for identifying these at-risk patients within routine hospital administrative data.
According to a 2018 study in *The Lancet*, the Hospital Frailty Risk Score (HFRS) was developed to systematically identify frail older patients using routinely collected hospital data, providing a low-cost, automated method for risk assessment. This innovative measure helps healthcare systems pinpoint those at greater risk of adverse events, enabling proactive and tailored senior care interventions.
Over 50% of hospitalized heart failure patients were found to have intermediate or high frailty scores in a recent nationwide study. This statistic highlights the importance of the Hospital Frailty Risk Score (HFRS), a practical tool that leverages routine administrative data to automatically identify and stratify frail patients for better care and resource allocation.
Frailty is a clinically recognizable state of increased vulnerability associated with adverse health outcomes in older adults. The hospital frailty risk index (HFRS) is an automated tool that uses routine hospital data to systematically screen for and identify patients who may be at greater risk of these outcomes. This score provides a snapshot of a patient's vulnerability to stressors, helping clinicians anticipate potential complications and tailor care plans.
