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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: JAMA Surg. 2014 Nov;149(11):1121–1126. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2014.1393

Table 3.

The Effect of Frailty Screening on Mortality With Controls

Variable B (SE) Wald df P Value Exp B (95% CI)
Screening implementation −0.99 (0.26) 14.07 1 <.001 0.37 (0.22 to 0.62)
Age −0.02 (0.01) 1.83 1 .18 0.99 (0.96 to 1.01)
Frailty (RAI) −0.03 (0.01) 4.13 1 .04 0.97 (0.95 to 0.10)
Surgery status −0.19 (0.43) 0.20 1 .65 0.82 (0.35 to 1.93)
PCC timing −0.42 (0.29) 2.08 1 .15 0.660 (0.38 to 1.16)
Referring service −0.40 (0.27) 2.09 1 .15 0.673 (0.39 to 1.15)
Constant 2.51 (0.95) 6.94 1 .008 12.36

Abbreviations: PCC, palliative care consultation; RAI, risk assessment index.