Indigenous identification in hospital separations data: quality report
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AIHW
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2013) Indigenous identification in hospital separations data: quality report, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 18 April 2024.
APA
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2013). Indigenous identification in hospital separations data: quality report. Canberra: AIHW.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Indigenous identification in hospital separations data: quality report. AIHW, 2013.
Vancouver
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Indigenous identification in hospital separations data: quality report. Canberra: AIHW; 2013.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2013, Indigenous identification in hospital separations data: quality report, AIHW, Canberra.
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This report presents the results of a study on the quality of Indigenous identification in administrative records of hospitalisations in public hospitals in Australia. An estimated 88% of Indigenous patients were correctly identified in public hospital admission records in 2011-12. The report also recommends that data for all jurisdictions be included in any analysis of hospitalisations by Indigenous status and that correction factors be used to adjust total hospital data from 2010-11 onwards.
- ISBN: 978-1-74249-420-3
- Cat. no: IHW 90
- Pages: 32