Health behaviours and potentially preventable hospitalisation: a prospective study of older Australian adults.

Several studies have demonstrated the effects of health behaviours on risk of chronic diseases and mortality, but none have investigated their contribution to potentially preventable hospitalisation (PPH). We aimed to quantify the effects on risk of PPH of six health behaviours: smoking; alcohol con...

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Main Authors: Bich Tran, Michael O Falster, Kirsty Douglas, Fiona Blyth, Louisa R Jorm
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3972201?pdf=render