@article{ref1,
title="Frailty and risk of re-hospitalisation and mortality for aged care residents following a fall injury hospitalisation",
journal="Australasian journal on ageing",
year="2020",
author="Mitchell, Rebecca and Ting, Hsuen P. and Draper, Brian and Close, Jacqueline and Harvey, Lara and Brodaty, Henry and Driscoll, Timothy R. and Braithwaite, Jeffrey",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="OBJECTIVES: To examine the role of frailty in risk of re-hospitalisation and mortality for aged care residents following a fall injury hospitalisation.   METHODS: Retrospective analysis of linked hospitalisation and aged care data of adults aged ≥65 years residing in aged care. A semi-competing risk analysis examined risk of hospital readmission.   RESULTS: Residents who had intermediate or high frailty, who were aged 70-79 or 80-89 years, who had 1-2 or ≥3 comorbidities, sustained a hip fracture, and who had either low, moderate or high complex health-care requirements had a higher risk of being readmitted to hospital. Frailty was not associated with mortality for those with no hospital readmission or mortality after readmission.   CONCLUSIONS: Frailty is an important prognostic factor associated with readmission for residents of aged care hospitalised for a fall injury. Frailty screening could assist to identify people at a high risk of re-hospitalisation following a fall injury.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1440-6381",
doi="10.1111/ajag.12847",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ajag.12847"
}