Public good through data linkage: Measuring research outputs from the Western Australian Data Linkage System

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 19-23

  Brook, Emma L ^a   Rosman, Diana L ^b   Holman, C D'Arcy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Data collection; Health policy; Medical record linkage; Population surveillance; Public health; Public health informatics

Indexed keywords

SILICON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BILE DUCT INJURY; CARDIOLOGY; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA EXTRACTION; DEFIBRILLATION; EMERGENCY CARE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTESTINE INJURY; KIDNEY SURGERY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NEPHROLITHIASIS; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PATIENT SAFETY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLICATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESUSCITATION; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

DATA COLLECTION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH DESIGN; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 40449103107     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2008.00160.x     Document Type: Article

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