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International Journal of Epidemiology 2001;30:900-901
© International Epidemiological Association 2001

Letters to the Editor

Preventing disability and death in old age

Andreas Stucka and John C Beckb

a Zieglerspital, Department of Geriatrics and Rehabilitation, 3001 Bern, Switzerland. Email: andreas.stuck@spitalbern.ch
b UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, USA.

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Sir—The Spotlight section of the Journal1 raised questions with regard to a randomized controlled study of preventive home visits conducted in Berne, Switzerland.2 The first, whether ‘area effects accounted for differences in outcomes’ can be answered with ‘no’ for all main outcomes. Main outcomes were analysed on an intention-to-treat basis for all project areas combined, and significant favourable effects were found for people at low baseline risk. For persons at high baseline . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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