Introduction: Frailty is associated with adverse outcomes, but few studies have determined
associations between the frailty phenotype and measures of healthcare burden, including …

Objective To examine the relationship between physical frailty and risk of disability, and to
identify the component (s) of frailty with the most impact on disability in community-dwelling …

Background With an aging population, medical expenses for elderly patients are increasing
rapidly. Frailty is currently considered an important issue in geriatrics. The purpose of this …

Background The demands for health care services from the frail elderly individuals in the
community continue to increase, which will exert a tremendous burden on health care costs …

Objective To examine the association between physical frailty and risk of needing long-term
care, and compare the predictive value and clinical usefulness of a simple frailty scale …

Frailty has become increasingly relevant in a rapidly aging society, highlighting the need for
its accurate identification and exploring associated clinical outcomes. Using a …

Purpose Although the association between a single assessment of frailty index (FI) and
clinical outcomes has been revealed in prior studies, there is a lack of knowledge about the …

Objectives The purpose of this study was to examine whether frailty could explain variability
in healthcare expenditure beyond multimorbidity and disability among Chinese older adults …

Frailty prevalence in older adults has been reported but is largely unknown in middle‐aged
adults. We determined the prevalence of frailty indicators among middle‐aged and older …

Importance Currently there is no risk factor scale that identifies older persons at risk of frailty.
Objectives In this study, we identified significant multisystem risk factors of frailty, developed …