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Premature deaths of nursing home residents: an epidemiological analysis

Joseph E Ibrahim, David L Ranson and Lyndal Bugeja
Med J Aust 2018; 208 (3): . || doi: 10.5694/mja17.00695
Published online: 19 February 2018

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  • 1 Victorian Institute Forensic Medicine, Melbourne, VIC
  • 2 Monash University, Melbourne, VIC


Correspondence: Joseph.Ibrahim@monash.edu
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No relevant disclosures.

  • 1. Ibrahim JE, Bugeja L, Willoughby M, et al. Premature deaths of nursing home residents: an epidemiological analysis. Med J Aust 2017; 206: 442-447. <MJA full text>
  • 2. Hitchen T, Ibrahim JE, Woolford M, et al. Premature and preventable deaths in frail, older people: a new perspective. Ageing Soc 2017; 37: 1531-1542.
  • 3. Ibrahim JE, Davis MC. Impediments to applying the “dignity of risk” principle in residential aged care services. Australas J Ageing 2013; 32: 188-193.

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