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Date Added: June 13, 2008 01:36:02 PM

By TYLER KULA For The Observer Patients admitted to area hospital for conditions that could be treated elsewhere in the community declined 19 per cent from 2002 to 2007. That compares with a 22 per cent drop rate in ambulatory-care-sensitive conditions (ACSC) at all Canadian [...]

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