Statistical methods to enhance reporting of Aboriginal Australians in routine hospital records using data linkage affect estimates of health disparities

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 442-449

  Randall, Deborah A ^a   Lujic, Sanja ^a   Leyland, Alastair H ^b   Jorm, Louisa R ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c SAX INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal health; administrative data; cardiovascular disease; data linkage; injury; reporting

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINAL HEALTH; ABORIGINE; ADMINISTRATIVE DATA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DATA LINKAGE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; REGISTER; REPORTING; STATISTICS; VERY ELDERLY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ABORIGINAL HEALTH; ADMINISTRATIVE DATA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DATA LINKAGE; INJURY; REPORTING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; REGISTRIES;

EID: 84885466332     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1753-6405.12114     Document Type: Article

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