Does Frailty Predict Health Care Utilization in Community-Living Older Romanians?

Table 2

Final models of stepwise linear regression analysis with frailty scores by Groningen Frailty Indicator (GFI) as predictive variable and visits to the general practitioner (GP) and hospital admission over the last year as outcome variables (standardized coefficients beta are presented).

Variables	GP visits	Hospital admission	New health problem
Age	−0.175	0.002	0.149
Gender	0.096	0.074	−0.022
Marital status	−0.076	0.053	−0.114
Urban/rural living	−0.019	0.031	−0.145
GFI score	−0.076	0.146	0.107
Adjusted squared	0.043	0.002	0.027

Statistically significant at < 0.05 level.