Country of birth recording in Australian hospital morbidity data: Accuracy and predictors

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 310-316

  Tran, Duong Thuy ^a   Jorm, Louisa ^a   Lujic, Sanja ^a   Bambrick, Hilary ^a   Johnson, Maree ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Country of birth; Data linkage; Hospital record; Questionnaire; Validation study

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864568660     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2012.00893.x     Document Type: Article

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