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The trouble with hospitalized seniors

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/whitecoat/the-trouble-with-hospitalized-seniors-1.4835792

Doctors have begun to grapple with a new problem related to the country’s aging demographic.

A growing number of older patients are readmitted to hospital shortly after discharge. A study just published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) uncovers a big gap in health care.

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For more information about the iCAN-ACP project, please contact:

Project Leader: Dr. John You jyou@mcmaster.ca

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This research is funded by Canadian Frailty Network (known previously as Technology Evaluation in the Elderly Network, TVN), supported by Government of Canada through Networks of Centres of Excellence (NCE) Program.

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