Differentials in hospital admission rates for the aboriginal and Torres Strait islander population in New South Wales.
The indigenous Australian population is well known to have higher rates of morbidity and mortality than the rest of the Australian population. The study reported in this paper demonstrates the use of hospital admission data from New South Wales to monitor the health circumstances and the main areas of differentials of the indigenous population in relation to access to primary health care services. The study covers the period from 1989 to 1995. In providing a statistical approach to analysing large routine databases, the major results have been to provide estimates of the hospital admission rates by residential area, sex and age of patient, and to highlight the main differences.
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Department of Statistics, University of Newcastle.
D002391:Catchment Area, Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D019352:Censuses; D003625:Data Collection; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006761:Hospitals / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009517:New South Wales / Q000453:epidemiology; D010343:Patient Admission / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*