The Association of Frailty with Discharge Disposition for Hospitalized Community Dwelling Elderly Patients

Disclosure

Drs. Stefan and Ramdass had full access to all the data in the study. They take responsibility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the analysis. Drs. Stefan, Starr, Brennan, and Ramdass conceived the study. Ms. Liu and Dr. Pekow analyzed the data. Dr. Ramdass prepared the manuscript. Drs. Stefan, Brennan, Lindenauer, and Starr critically reviewed the manuscript for important intellectual content. A subset of the patients included in this study was part of a Health Resources and Services Administration funded Geri-Pal Transformation through Learning and Collaboration project awarded to Baystate Medical Center, grant number U1QHP28702 (PI: Maura J. Brennan). The investigators retained full independence in the conduct of this research. The authors have no conflicts of interest.