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In the accompanying paper, we described the exceptionally large increase in mortality in England and Wales in 2015, showing how it was driven by deaths among older people, and pointed to a need to look at the functioning of the health and social care system. While that paper examined the overall increase in deaths in 2015, it also noted a very large spike in deaths in January. So far, consensus is lacking on its causes, with some suggesting influenza and cold weather, and others, the cuts to ...
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- 10.1177/0141076817693600
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- SAGE Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine Journal website
- Volume:
- 110
- Issue:
- 4
- Pages:
- 131-137
- Publication date:
- 2017-02-05
- Acceptance date:
- 2017-02-01
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1758-1095
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0141-0768
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pubs:681938
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uri:82413627-ce5c-4aca-82fa-8a4e7c27a1c7
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- Royal Society of Medicine
- Copyright date:
- 2017
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- © The Royal Society of Medicine 2017 Reprints and permissions: sagepub.co.uk/journalsPermissions.nav
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What caused the spike in mortality in England and Wales in January 2015?
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