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Research ArticleORIGINAL RESEARCH

Primary Care Variation in Rates of Unplanned Hospitalizations, Functional Ability, and Quality of Life of Older People

Leah Palapar, Ngaire Kerse, Laura Wilkinson-Meyers, Thomas Lumley and Jeanet W. Blom
The Annals of Family Medicine July 2021, 19 (4) 318-331; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.2687
Leah Palapar
1Department of General Practice and Primary Health Care, School of Population Health, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
MD, PhD
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Ngaire Kerse
1Department of General Practice and Primary Health Care, School of Population Health, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
MBChB, PhD
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  • For correspondence: n.kerse@auckland.ac.nz
Laura Wilkinson-Meyers
2Health Systems Section, School of Population Health, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
PhD
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Thomas Lumley
3Department of Statistics, Faculty of Science, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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Jeanet W. Blom
4Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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