Costs of inpatient hospitalisations in the last year of life in older New Zealanders: a cohort study

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Costs of inpatient hospitalisations in the last year of life in older New Zealanders: a cohort study

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Abstract BackgroundRapidly ageing populations means that many people now die in advanced age. This paper investigated public hospital and long-term care home costs in the 12 months before death in Māori and non-Māori of advanced age in New Zealand.MethodsData from an existing longitudinal study (LiLACS NZ) was used, in which 937 older New Zealanders were enrolled in 2010. At the time of this study, 213 Māori and 241 non-Māori in the cohort had died. National Health Index numbers were linked t...

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2021-03-10

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Scott, Oliver / Gott, Merryn / Edlin, Richard / Moyes, Simon / Muru-Lanning, Marama / Kerse, Ngaire

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https://hdl.handle.net/2292/64805

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Clinical Research / Aging

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