Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease hospitalisations and mortality in Victoria: analysis of variations by socioeconomic status

Abstract Objective: This paper analysed chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) hospitalisations, unplanned readmissions and deaths in Victoria to identify associations with socioeconomic status (SES). Methods: The data was taken from the Victorian Admitted Episodes Dataset, the Victorian Healt...

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Main Authors: Timothy Ore, Paul Ireland
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-06-01
Series:Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1111/1753-6405.12305