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Predicting mortality risk after a fall in older adults using health care spending patterns: a population-based cohort study.

Alexandros KatsiferisLaust Hvas MortensenMark P KhuranaSwapnil MishraMajken Karoline JensenSamir Bhatt
Published in: Age and ageing (2023)
Patterns of health care spending have the potential to significantly improve assessments on who is at high risk of dying following admission to the ED with a fall. The proposed methodology can assist in predicting the prognosis of fallers, emphasising the added predictive value of longitudinal health-related information next to clinical and sociodemographic predictors.
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