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Health Status After Hospitalization: A New Target for Geriatric Cardiology

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  1. Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation, Yale-New Haven Health, 1 Church Street, Suite 200, New Haven, CT, 06510, USA

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Dr. Dharmarajan works under contract with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to develop and maintain performance measures and is a consultant for and member of a scientific advisory board for Clover Health.

Dr. Dharmarajan is supported by grant K23AG048331 from the National Institute on Aging and the American Federation for Aging Research through the Paul B. Beeson Career Development Award Program. He is also supported by grant P30AG021342 via the Yale Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center.

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Dharmarajan, K. Health Status After Hospitalization: A New Target for Geriatric Cardiology. Curr Cardiovasc Risk Rep 11, 16 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12170-017-0543-8

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