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Impact of diabetes on hospital admission and length of stay among a general population aged 45 year or more: a record linkage study

BACKGROUND: The increased prevalence of diabetes and its significant impact on use of health care services, particularly hospitals, is a concern for health planners. This paper explores the risk factors for all-cause hospitalisation and the excess risk due to diabetes in a large sample of older Aust...

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Autores principales: Comino, Elizabeth Jean, Harris, Mark Fort, Islam, MD Fakhrul, Tran, Duong Thuy, Jalaludin, Bin, Jorm, Louisa, Flack, Jeff, Haas, Marion
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4310177/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25609196
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12913-014-0666-2