From: Associations of frailty with health care costs – results of the ESTHER cohort study
Frailty-Index | N | Total (SD) | Outpatient (SD) | Inpatient (SD) | Nursing care (SD) | Pharmaceuticals (SD) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Non-frail (0) | 876 | 642 (1546) | 243 (500) | 268 (1362) | 2 (35) | 128 (218) |
Pre-frail (1) | 1034 | 733 (1628) | 281 (567) | 286 (1396) | 11 (196) | 154 (278) |
Pre-frail (2) | 472 | 1014 (2322) | 270 (380) | 492 (2149) | 30 (342) | 221 (286) |
Frail (3) | 142 | 1616 (4002) | 345 (718) | 747 (3082) | 262 (1237) | 263 (246) |
Frail (4&5) | 65 | 3659 (5918) | 483 (777) | 2104 (5268) | 672 (1894) | 400 (679) |
Low physical activity | ||||||
- yes | 520 | 1283 (2919) | 291 (526) | 575 (2524) | 151 (874) | 266 (397) |
- no | 2078 | 771 (1963) | 270 (534) | 341 (1676) | 15 (288) | 145 (238) |
Exhaustion | ||||||
- yes | 308 | 1853 (4189) | 367 (503) | 990 (3520) | 232 (1160) | 265 (406) |
- no | 2290 | 742 (1725) | 263 (263) | 307 (1512) | 16 (256) | 156 (258) |
Weight loss | ||||||
- yes | 110 | 2435 (4254) | 377 (639) | 1762 (3969) | 39 (257) | 256 (574) |
- no | 2479 | 805 (2036) | 270 (527) | 328 (1708) | 42 (479) | 166 (261) |
Slowness | ||||||
- yes | 933 | 1099 (2815) | 282 (488) | 509 (2390) | 103 (761) | 206 (293) |
- no | 1665 | 747 (1746) | 271 (556) | 320 (1515) | 7 (137) | 149 (273) |
Weakness | ||||||
- yes | 810 | 1063 (2834) | 315 (671) | 474 (2320) | 93 (755) | 180 (283) |
- no | 1788 | 788 (1831) | 257 (456) | 349 (1639) | 18 (250) | 164 (279) |
All | 2598 | 874 (2197) | 275 (532) | 388 (1878) | 42 (471) | 169 (282) |