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Authors recommend patient and physician education and changes to practice guidelines and payment to overcome barriers to palliative care use
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Model shows good performance using only electronic health record data
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From 2000 to 2019, definitive treatment for those with intermediate- or high-risk disease and limited life expectancy increased
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Dementia death rates stable between 2018 and 2019, then increased in 2020, and declined in 2022, with the rate higher than 2018, 2019
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In multivariable analyses after adjustment for demographics and smoking status, odds ratio was 2.21 for eczema in areas with higher PM2.5
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