National Veterans Health Administration Hospitalizations for Syncope Compared to Acute Myocardial Infarction, Fracture, or Pneumonia in Community‐Dwelling Elders: Outpatient Medication and Comorbidity Profiles

D. French, Dustin; R. Campbell, Robert; M. Spehar, Andrea; Z. Rubenstein, Laurence; Accomando, John; Cunningham, Francesca

doi:10.1177/0091270006288452

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National Veterans Health Administration Hospitalizations for Syncope Compared to Acute Myocardial Infarction, Fracture, or Pneumonia in Community‐Dwelling Elders: Outpatient Medication and Comorbidity Profiles

Published in The Journal of Clinical Pharmacology • May 17, 2006

Authors:

Dustin D. French

Robert R. Campbell

Andrea M. Spehar

Abstract

The authors used 2 national Veterans Health Administration databases to identify outpatient medications and all 30 Elixhauser comorbidities for 2579 unique patients, age 65+ years, hospitalized for syncope in fiscal year 2004. For comparison, we identified other elderly patients hospitalized with ac...

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Medicine

Myocardial infarction

Comorbidity

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