The quality of Indigenous identification in administrative health data in Australia: insights from studies using data linkage

SC Thompson, JA Woods… - BMC medical informatics …, 2012 - Springer
Abstract Background Missing or incorrect Indigenous status in health records hinders
monitoring of Indigenous health indicators. Linkage of administrative data has been used to …

The identification of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in official statistics and other data: Critical issues of international significance

K Griffiths, C Coleman, F Al-Yaman… - Statistical Journal of …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
The realisation for Indigenous people in Australia to be counted in official statistics occurred
in 1967. The identification of Indigenous people in Australia in national data requires …

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

DA Randall, S Lujic, AH Leyland, LR Jorm - Australian and New Zealand …, 2013 - Elsevier
Objective To investigate under‐recording of Aboriginal people in hospital data from New
South Wales (NSW), Australia, define algorithms for enhanced reporting, and examine the …

Improving health data for indigenous populations: The international group for indigenous health measurement

M Chino, I Ring, LJ Pulver… - Statistical Journal of …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Health disparities between Indigenous and non-Indigenous populations exist in many
countries, including those with well-developed statistical systems. The need to improve the …

Adjusting for under-identification of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander births in time series produced from birth records: using record linkage of survey data and …

D Lawrence, D Christensen, F Mitrou, G Draper… - BMC Medical Research …, 2012 - Springer
Background Statistical time series derived from administrative data sets form key indicators
in measuring progress in addressing disadvantage in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander …

Inequalities in pediatric avoidable hospitalizations between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal children in Australia: a population data linkage study

K Falster, E Banks, S Lujic, M Falster, J Lynch, K Zwi… - BMC pediatrics, 2016 - Springer
Abstract Background Australian Aboriginal children experience a disproportionate burden of
social and health disadvantage. Avoidable hospitalizations present a potentially modifiable …

Using probabilistic record linkage methods to identify Australian indigenous women on the Queensland pap smear register: the National Indigenous Cervical …

LJ Whop, A Diaz, P Baade, G Garvey, J Cunningham… - BMJ open, 2016 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objective To evaluate the feasibility and reliability of record linkage of existing population-
based data sets to determine Indigenous status among women receiving Pap smears. This …

A comprehensive systematic review of data linkage publications on Diabetes in Australia

NTT Dinh, IA Cox, B de Graaff, JA Campbell… - Frontiers in Public …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Aims Our study aimed to identify the common themes, knowledge gaps and to evaluate the
quality of data linkage research on diabetes in Australia. Methods This systematic review …

What factors contribute to positive early childhood health and development in Australian Aboriginal children? Protocol for a population-based cohort study using linked …

K Falster, L Jorm, S Eades, J Lynch, E Banks… - BMJ open, 2015 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Introduction Australian Aboriginal children are more likely than non-Aboriginal children to
have developmental vulnerability at school entry that tracks through to poorer literacy and …

Use of family relationships improved consistency of identification of Aboriginal people in linked administrative data

AJ Gibberd, JM Simpson, SJ Eades - Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Background and Objectives Algorithms are often used to improve identification of
Aboriginal Australians in linked data sets with inconsistent and incomplete recording of …