The impact of multiple chronic diseases on hospitalizations for ambulatory care sensitive conditions

Background: The high financial burden of avoidable hospitalizations has led to an increase of the study of hospitalizations for ambulatory care sensitive conditions (ACSC). There is limited information on the impact of secondary diagnoses on these hospitalizations, although patients' social and...

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Main Author: Dantas, Inês (author)
Other Authors: Santana, Rui (author), Sarmento, João (author), Aguiar, Pedro (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2018
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-016-1584-2
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:run.unl.pt:10362/30632