Hospital Utilisation in Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Infants under 12 Months of Age in Western Australia, Prospective Population Based Data Linkage Study.

BACKGROUND:Indigenous infants (infants aged under 12 months) have the highest hospital admission and emergency department presentation risks in Australia. However, there have been no recent reports comparing hospital utilisation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous infants. METHODS:Our primary obje...

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Main Authors: Kimberley McAuley, Daniel McAullay, Natalie A Strobel, Rhonda Marriott, David N Atkinson, Julia V Marley, Fiona J Stanley, Karen M Edmond
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4847930?pdf=render