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The Ecological Fallacy of the Role of Age in Chronic Disease and Hospital Demand

OBJECTIVE: To examine the relationship between age and all-cause hospital utilization in the years preceding and following a diagnosis in hospital of heart failure, type 2 diabetes, or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). RESEARCH DESIGN: A cohort study of all patients in Western Australia...

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Autores principales: Whyatt, David, Tenneti, Raji, Marsh, Julie, Kemp, Anna, Firth, Laura, Murray, Kevin, Turlach, Berwin, Vickery, Alistair
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4174032/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25122531
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MLR.0000000000000206