Trends in health services utilization, medication use, and health conditions among older adults: a 2-year retrospective chart review in a primary care practice |
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| Authors: | Ketan Vegda Jason X Nie Li Wang C Shawn Tracy Rahim Moineddin Ross EG Upshur |
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| Affiliation: | (1) Primary Care Research Unit, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, 2075 Bayview Ave, Room E3-49, M4N 3M5 Toronto, ON, Canada;(2) University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics, 88 College Street, M5G 1L4 Toronto, ON, Canada;(3) Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, 2075 Bayview Ave., M4N 3M5 Toronto, ON, Canada;(4) Department of Family and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine * University of Toronto, 263 McCaul Street, 3rd Floor, M5T 1W7 Toronto, Ontario, Canada;(5) Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Toronto, Building, 155 College Street, M5T 3M7 Toronto, ON, Canada |
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| Abstract: | Background Population aging poses significant challenges to primary care providers and healthcare policy makers. Primary care reform can alleviate the pressures, but these initiatives require clinical benchmarks and evidence regarding utilization patterns. The objectives of this study is to measure older patients' use of health services, number of health conditions, and use of medications at the level of a primary care practice, and to investigate age- and gender-related utilization trends. |
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