People with intellectual disability at ‘unacceptably high’ risk of preventable hospitalization

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People with intellectual disability at ‘unacceptably high’ risk of preventable hospitalization

People with intellectual disability are being hospitalized for conditions that could have been adequately managed in primary care or through prevention—at a rate 3.5 to 4.5 times higher than the general population, according to a study by UNSW medical researchers published today in the Medical Journal of Australia.

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