Pediatric hospital admissions in Indigenous children: a population-based study in remote Australia

Pediatric hospital admissions in Indigenous children: a population-based study in remote Australia

Abstract Background We analysed hospital admissions of a predominantly Aboriginal cohort of children in the remote Fitzroy Valley in Western Australia during the first 7 years of life. Methods All children born between January 1, 2002 and December 31, 2003 and living in the Fitzroy Valley in 2009–20...

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Main Authors:	Philippa J. Dossetor, Alexandra L. C. Martiniuk, James P. Fitzpatrick, June Oscar, Maureen Carter, Rochelle Watkins, Elizabeth J. Elliott, Heather E. Jeffery, David Harley
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	BMC 2017-11-01
Series:	BMC Pediatrics
Subjects:	Hospitals, pediatric Pediatrics Health services, indigenous Australia Child Rural health services
Online Access:	http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12887-017-0947-0

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