Measuring the gap: Accuracy of the Western Australian hospital morbidity data in the identification of adult urban Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 276-279

  Bradshaw, Pamela J ^a   Alfonso, Helman S ^a   Finn, Judith ^a   Owen, Julie ^a   Thompson, Peter L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Indigenous population; Medical record linkages

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DEMOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORBIDITY; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FORMS AND RECORDS CONTROL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; MORBIDITY; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; URBAN POPULATION; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 67650456942     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2009.00388.x     Document Type: Article

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