Ten-Year Trends and Predictors of Unplanned Hospitalisation in Community-Dwelling Older People Receiving Home-Based Care

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Rates of utilisation of home-based care services by gender and age group, metropolitan Melbourne, 1 January 2006 to 31 December 2015. (a) Female utilisation rate per 1000 episodes. (b) Male utilisation rate per 1000 episodes. (c) Females, relative rates of utilisation. (d) Males, relative rates of utilisation. Number of episodes per year: 2006, n = 11,832; 2007, n = 14,180; 2008, n = 14,535; 2009, n = 15,950; 2010, n = 16,401; 2011, n = 17,901; 2012, n = 19,630; 2013, n = 20,010; 2014, n = 20,557; 2015, n = 19,005.

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