Using data linkage to improve the completeness of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander status in communicable disease notifications in Victoria

Abstract Objective: The burden of notifiable diseases in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Victorians cannot be accurately estimated due to under‐reporting of Indigenous status. We used data linkage to improve completeness of Indigenous status in people notified with viral hepatitis and gonococc...

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Published in:	Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health
Main Authors:	Stacey L. Rowe, Benjamin C. Cowie
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier 2016-04-01
Subjects:	Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health communicable diseases surveillance data linkage
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1111/1753-6405.12434