Living the good life? Mortality and hospital utilization patterns in the Old Order Amish.

Living the good life? Mortality and hospital utilization patterns in the Old Order Amish.

Lifespan increases observed in the United States and elsewhere throughout the developed world, have been attributed in part to improvements in medical care access and technology and to healthier lifestyles. To differentiate the relative contributions of these two factors, we have compared lifespan i...

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Main Authors: Braxton D Mitchell, Woei-Jyh Lee, Magdalena I Tolea, Kelsey Shields, Zahra Ashktorab, Laurence S Magder, Kathleen A Ryan, Toni I Pollin, Patrick F McArdle, Alan R Shuldiner, Alejandro A Schäffer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3526600?pdf=render

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