Evidence map›Paper›PMID 26584535›Full record

ArticleInternational journal for equity in health2015

Primary care visits due to injuries among the Aboriginal off-reserve population of British Columbia, Canada, 1991-2010.

Andrew Jin, M Anne George, Mariana Brussoni, Christopher E Lalonde, Rod McCormick

Open access · goldAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in International journal for equity in health, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 23% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Andrew JinEpidemiology consultant, Surrey, British Columbia, Canada.
M Anne GeorgeDepartment of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. ageorge@cw.bc.ca.
Mariana BrussoniDepartment of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Christopher E LalondeDepartment of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
Rod McCormickFaculty of Human, Social and Educational Development, Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada.
Child and Family Research Institute · CASurrey Memorial Hospital · CAThompson Rivers University · CAUniversity of British Columbia · CAUniversity of Victoria · CA

Funding

Canadian Institutes of Health Research 81043
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAboriginal people in British Columbia (BC) have higher injury incidence than the general population. This report describes variability in visits to primary care due to injury, among injury categories, time periods, geographies, and demographic groups.

methodsWe used BC's universal health care insurance plan as a population registry, linked to practitioner payment and vital statistics databases. We identified Aboriginal people by insurance premium group and birth and death record notations. Within that population we identified those residing off-reserve according to postal code. We calculated crude incidence and Standardized Relative Risk (SRR) of primary care visit due to injury, standardized for age, gender and Health Service Delivery Area (HSDA), relative to the total population of BC.

resultsDuring 1991 through 2010, the crude rate of primary care visit due to injury in BC was 3172 per 10,000 person-years. The Aboriginal off-reserve rate was 4291 per 10,000 and SRR was 1.41 (95 % confidence interval: 1.41 to 1.42). Northern and non-metropolitan HSDAs had higher SRRs, within both total BC and Aboriginal off-reserve populations. In every age and gender category, the HSDA-standardized SRR was higher among the Aboriginal off-reserve than among the total population. For all injuries combined, and for the categories of trauma, poisoning, and burn, between 1991 and 2010, crude rates and SRRs declined substantially, but proportionally more rapidly among the Aboriginal off-reserve population, so the gap between the Aboriginal off-reserve and total populations is narrowing, particularly among metropolitan residents.

conclusionsThese findings corroborate our previous reports regarding hospitalizations due to injury, suggesting that our observations reflect real disparities and changes in the underlying incidence of injury, and are not merely artefacts related to health care utilization.

Indexed as

AdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overBritish ColumbiaChildChild, PreschoolDelivery of Health CareDemographyFemaleHumansIncidenceIndians, North AmericanInfantMaleMiddle Aged

Identifiers

PMID26584535
PMCPMC4653839
OpenAlexW2180417970

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.