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The effect of pre-existing health conditions on the cost of recovery from road traffic injury: insights from data linkage of medicare and compensable injury claims in Victoria, Australia

BACKGROUND: Comorbidity is known to affect length of hospital stay and mortality after trauma but less is known about its impact on recovery beyond the immediate post-accident care period. The aim of this study was to investigate the role of pre-existing health conditions in the cost of recovery fro...

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Autores principales: Hassani-Mahmooei, Behrooz, Berecki-Gisolf, Janneke, Hahn, Youjin, McClure, Roderick J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4850713/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27130277
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12913-016-1386-6

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