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Validating Indigenous status in a regional Queensland hospital emergency department dataset with patient‐linked data
Author(s) -
O'Loughlin Mary,
Harriss Linton,
Mills Jane,
Thompson Fintan,
McDermott Robyn
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/mja2.50401
Subject(s) - indigenous , emergency department , medicine , family medicine , presentation (obstetrics) , nursing , ecology , biology , radiology
[Extract] Indicators used to plan and evaluate health services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (Indigenous) people are based upon administrative data. In major Queensland public hospitals, the Emergency Department Information System (EDIS) captures records of patient progress in emergency departments (EDs).1 Inaccurate representation of Indigenous status in datasets has been previously identified, and government agencies have been directed to improve data quality, and particularly to reduce the under‐reporting of Indigenous status.2, 3