Living the Good Life? Mortality and Hospital Utilization Patterns in the Old Order Amish

Braxton D. Mitchell; Woei-Jyh Lee; Magdalena I. Tolea; Kelsey Shields; Zahra Ashktorab; Laurence S. Magder; Kathleen A. Ryan; Toni I. Pollin; Patrick F. McArdle; Alan R. Shuldiner; Alejandro A. Schäffer

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0051560

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Living the Good Life? Mortality and Hospital Utilization Patterns in the Old Order Amish

Braxton D. Mitchell ,

* E-mail: bmitchel@medicine.umaryland.edu

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Program for Personalized and Genomic Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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Woei-Jyh Lee,

Affiliation National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Magdalena I. Tolea,

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology & Public Health, Program for Personalized and Genomic Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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Kelsey Shields,

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Program for Personalized and Genomic Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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Zahra Ashktorab,

Affiliation National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Laurence S. Magder,

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology & Public Health, Program for Personalized and Genomic Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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Kathleen A. Ryan,

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Program for Personalized and Genomic Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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Toni I. Pollin,

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Program for Personalized and Genomic Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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Patrick F. McArdle,

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Program for Personalized and Genomic Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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Alan R. Shuldiner,

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Program for Personalized and Genomic Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Geriatric Research and Education Clinical Center, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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Alejandro A. Schäffer

Affiliation National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Living the Good Life? Mortality and Hospital Utilization Patterns in the Old Order Amish

Braxton D. Mitchell,
Woei-Jyh Lee,
Magdalena I. Tolea,
Kelsey Shields,
Zahra Ashktorab,
Laurence S. Magder,
Kathleen A. Ryan,
Toni I. Pollin,
Patrick F. McArdle,
Alan R. Shuldiner

Published: December 19, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0051560

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