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Hospital and emergency department use in the last year of life: a baseline for future modifications to end-of-life care

John D Paull
Med J Aust 2011; 195 (10): . || doi: 10.5694/mja11.11173
Published online: 21 November 2011

To the Editor: The letter by Johnson and Mitchell,1 responding to the two published papers of Rosenwax2 and Lowthian3 and their colleagues, about hospital, ambulance and emergency department use in the last year of life, concluded with the statement:


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Correspondence: jdpaull@intas.net.au

Competing interests:

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  • 1. Johnson CE, Mitchell GK. Hospital and emergency department use in the last year of life: a baseline for future modifications to end-of-life care [letter]. Med J Aust 2011; 195: 267. <MJA full text>
  • 2. Rosenwax LK, McNamara BA, Murray K, et al. Hospital and emergency department use in the last year of life: a baseline for future modifications to end-of-life care. Med J Aust 2011; 194: 570-573. <MJA full text>
  • 3. Lowthian JA, Jolley DJ, Curtis AJ, et al. The challenges of population ageing: accelerating demand for emergency ambulance services by older patients, 1995–2015. Med J Aust 2011; 194: 574-578. <MJA full text>

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