Australian and New Zealand journal of public health
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Aust N Z J Public Health · Apr 2006
ECHO: the Western Australian Emergency Care Hospitalisation and Outcome linked data project.
To describe and assess the quality of the data resources linked for the Western Australian Emergency Care Hospitalisation and Outcome (ECHO) project. ⋯ Linkage quality consistent with international standards has been achieved, resulting in an information infrastructure capable of supporting an extensive research agenda focusing on the interaction and outcomes of both pre-hospital and within-hospital emergency medical care services.
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Aust N Z J Public Health · Apr 2006
Risk factors for preterm, low birth weight and small for gestational age birth in urban Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women in Townsville.
To assess the characteristics of Indigenous births and to examine the risk factors for preterm (<37 weeks), low birth weight (<2,500 g) and small for gestational age (SGA) births in a remote urban setting. ⋯ The prevalence of demographic and clinical risk factors is high in this group of urban Indigenous women. Strategies addressing potentially modifiable risk factors should be an important focus of antenatal care delivery to Indigenous women and may represent an opportunity to improve perinatal outcome in Indigenous communities in Australia.
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To assess trends and outcomes of postpartum haemorrhage (PPH) in New South Wales (NSW). ⋯ The increased rate of PPH during the birth admission is concerning. The increase in PPH could not be explained by increasing maternal age or caesarean sections. Linked birth and hospital discharge data could determine whether the increase in PPH is caused by other changes in obstetric practices or
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Aust N Z J Public Health · Apr 2006
Improving access to medicines among clients of remote area Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Services.
Despite unequivocally worse health, expenditure on Indigenous people through the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) is considerably less than for other Australians. We report on the effectiveness of a program to supply PBS medicines to remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Services (ATSIHSs) under section 100 (s. 100) of the National Health Act 1953. ⋯ Overall, the SPBSAs have been very successful and demonstrates an effective model for the development of Indigenous health policy.