Under-ascertainment of Aboriginality in records of cardiovascular disease in hospital morbidity and mortality data in Western Australia: a record linkage study

Background. Measuring the real burden of cardiovascular disease in Australian Aboriginals is complicated by under-identification of Aboriginality in administrative health data collections. Accurate data is essential to measure Australia's progress in its efforts to intervene to improve health o...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Briffa, T., Sanfilippo, F., Hobbs, M., Ridout, S., Katzenellenbogen, Judy, Thompson, P., Thompson, Sandra
Format: Journal Article
Published: BioMed Central 2010
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/41614