The Frailty Trajectory’s Additional Edge Over the Frailty Index: Retrospective Cohort Study of Veterans With Heart Failure

Javad Razjouyan   ^{1, 2, 3} , PhD ;   Ariela R Orkaby   ^{4, 5} , MD ;   Molly J Horstman   ^{1, 2} , MD ;   Parag Goyal   ⁶ , MD ;   Orna Intrator   ^{7, 8} , MD ;   Aanand D Naik   ^{2, 9, 10} , MD

¹ Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, United States

² VA Health Services Research & Development, Center for Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness and Safety, Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, TX, United States

³ Big Data Scientist Training Enhancement Program, VA Office of Research and Development, Washington, DC, United States

⁴ New England Geriatrics Research, Education, and Clinical Center, VA Boston Health Care System, Boston, MA, United States

⁵ Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States

⁶ Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY, United States

⁷ Geriatrics and Extended Care Data Analysis Center, Canandaigua VA Medical Center, Canandaigua, NY, United States

⁸ Public Health Sciences, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY, United States

⁹ Department of Management, Policy, and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX, United States

¹⁰ Institute on Aging, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX, United States