Impact of improvements to Indigenous identification in hospital data on patterns of hospitalised injury

This report examines the effects of improvements in Indigenous identification in hospitals data on patterns of hospitalised injury among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. The inclusion of hospitalisation data from New South Wales and Victoria has led to a change in the injury profile of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, which appears to be driven by the differences in remoteness between the two groupings.

ISSN 1444-3791; ISBN 978-1-74249-428-9; Cat. no. INJCAT 149; 68pp.; $13