International journal of public health
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Int J Public Health · Jun 2010
Aging and utilization of hospital services in Hong Kong: retrospective cohort study.
We tested the hypotheses firstly that people dying in older age groups do not use hospital services more than those dying in younger age groups in the previous 3 years before death; secondly, that there may be compression of morbidity demonstrated by a decline in the use of hospital services among people in the last 3 years before death in the older age groups. ⋯ Data obtained from this retrospective study may be used to project future usage for each type of service as a result of changing age structure of the population.