Andrea Tricco, St. Michael's Hospital (IMAGE)

St. Michael's Hospital

Andrea Tricco, St. Michael's Hospital

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"We showed that patients who had better co-ordinated care were 20 percent less likely to be admitted into hospital," said Dr. Andrea Tricco, the lead author of the study and a scientist in the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St. Michael's Hospital. "Among the elderly, such strategies also decreased emergency department use by 31 percent."

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