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The burden and outcomes associated with dehydration among US elderly, 1991

J L Warren1, W E Bacon, T Harris

  • 1Epidemiology Branch, Health Care Financing Administration, Baltimore, MD 21207.

Summary

Dehydration is a significant cause of hospitalization and mortality in the elderly. Nearly 7% of Medicare hospitalizations involved dehydration, with a 50% mortality rate within one year.

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