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One third of hospital costs for atherothrombotic disease are attributable to readmissions: a linked data analysis

BACKGROUND: Cardiovascular disease is the most frequent cause of death in Australia, with an associated cost burden of 11% of Australian annual health expenditure of which 40% is for hospital admissions. We investigated health outcomes and the components of hospital expenditure in the two years afte...

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Autores principales: Atkins, Emily R, Geelhoed, Elizabeth A, Knuiman, Matthew, Briffa, Tom G
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4251605/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25102911
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-14-338