Frailty, gaps in care coordination, and preventable adverse events

BMC Geriatrics

Table 2 Association between frailty and any gap in care coordination

	Not frail	Intermediate-frail	Frail	P-trend
N	2398	2436	190
N (%) with ≥ 1 gap in care coordination	888 (37.0)	994 (40.8)	97 (51.1)	< 0.001
Prevalence ratios (95% confidence intervals)
Model 1 (n = 5,024)	1 (Ref)	1.10 (1.03 – 1.18)	1.38 (1.19 – 1.60)	< 0.001
Model 2 (n = 4,289)	1 (Ref)	1.07 (0.99 – 1.16)	1.31 (1.12 – 1.55)	0.004
Model 3 (n = 3,713)	1 (Ref)	1.10 (1.01 – 1.20)	1.41 (1.18 – 1.68)	0.001
Final model^a (n = 5,024)	1 (Ref)	1.09 (1.02 – 1.18)	1.34 (1.15 – 1.56)	< 0.001

Model 1 is unadjusted
Model 2 includes adjustment for age, gender, race, education, annual household income, marital status, geographic region of residence, and rural area
Model 3 includes adjustment for the variables in model 2 and hypertension, hyperlipidemia, diabetes, history of myocardial infarction, prior coronary revascularization, history of stroke, chronic kidney disease, atrial fibrillation, and self-rated health
^a In the final model, multiple imputation was used to retain participants with missing data in covariates

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