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Three-year mortality in previously hospitalized older patients from rural areas - the importance of co-morbidity and self-reported poor health

BACKGROUND: The risk factors for mortality after hospitalization in older persons are not fully understood. The aim of the present study was to examine the three-year (1,096 days) mortality in previously hospitalized older patients from rural areas, and to explore how objectively and self-reported h...

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Autores principales: Helvik, Anne-Sofie, Engedal, Knut, Selbæk, Geir
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3600034/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23419167
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2318-13-17