Enhanced reporting of deaths among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples using linked administrative health datasets

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Taylor, Lee K ^a   Bentley, Jason ^a   Hunt, Jennifer ^b   Madden, Richard ^c   McKeown, Sybille ^d   Brandt, Peter ^e   Baker, Deborah ^f  

^a NSW Ministry of Health   (Australia)

^b Australia   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d AUSTRALIAN BUREAU OF STATISTICS   (Australia)

^e NSW Ministry of Health   (Australia)

^f CANCER INSTITUTE NSW   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIRTH CERTIFICATE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; BIRTH CERTIFICATES; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NEW SOUTH WALES; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP;

EID: 84863102965     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-12-91     Document Type: Article

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