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ArticleBMJ open2021

Investigating inequities in cardiovascular care and outcomes for Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people: protocol for a hospital-based retrospective cohort data linkage project.

Therese Kearns, Abbey Diaz, Lisa J Whop, Suzanne P Moore, John R Condon, Ross M Andrews, Judith M Katzenellenbogen, Veronica Matthews, William Wang, Trisha Johnston and 8 more

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Article in BMJ open, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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18 authors at 7 institutions in 1 country.

Therese KearnsMenzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Casuarina, Northern Territory, Australia therese.kearns@menzies.edu.au.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0862-7572
Abbey DiazMenzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Casuarina, Northern Territory, Australia.
Lisa J WhopCollege of Health and Medicine, National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4816-2933
Suzanne P MooreCollege of Nursing and Midwifery, Charles Darwin University, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
John R CondonMenzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Ross M AndrewsMenzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Judith M KatzenellenbogenSchool of Population and Global Health, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5287-5819
Veronica MatthewsUniversity Centre for Rural Health, North Coast, The University of Sydney, Lismore, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1319-257X
William WangFaculty of Medicine, University of Queensland, Woolloongabba, Queensland, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5369-5446
Trisha JohnstonData Linkage Queensland, Queensland Health, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Catherine TaylorQueensland Record Linkage Group, Queensland Health, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Boyd PottsMenzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Casuarina, Northern Territory, Australia.
Alex KathageAboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Division, Queensland Health, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Abdulla SulemanAboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Division, Queensland Health, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Lucy StanleyAboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Division, Queensland Health, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Louise MitchellAboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Division, Queensland Health, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Gail GarveyWellbeing and Preventable Chronic Disease Division, Menzies School of Health Research, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Daniel WilliamsonAboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Division, Queensland Health, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Queensland Health · AUCharles Darwin University · AUACT GovernmentMenzies School of Health Research · AUThe University of Queensland · AUThe University of Sydney · AUThe University of Western Australia · AU

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionCardiovascular disease (CVD) represents a significant burden of disease for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, a population that continues to experience a lower life expectancy than other Australians. The aim of the Better Cardiac Care Data Linkage project is to describe patient care pathways and to identify disparities in care and health outcomes between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and other Queensland residents diagnosed with CVD in the state of Queensland.

methodsThis is a population-based retrospective cohort study using linked regional, state and national health and administrative data collections to describe disparities in CVD healthcare in primary and secondary prevention settings and during hospitalisation. The CVD cohort will be identified from the Queensland Hospital Admitted Patient Data Collection for admissions that occurred between 1 July 2010 and 31 June 2016 and will include relevant International Classification of Disease codes for ischaemic heart disease, congestive heart failure, stroke, acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease. Person-level data will be linked by Data Linkage Queensland and the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) in accordance with ethical and public health approvals to describe the patient journey prior to, during and post the hospital admission. ANALYSIS: This project will focus largely on descriptive epidemiological measures and multivariate analysis of clinical care standards and outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people compared with other Queenslanders, including identification of risk factors for suboptimal care and change over time. Variation in care pathways and patient outcomes will be compared by Indigenous status, sex, age group, remoteness of residence, year of index hospitalisation and socioeconomic status. Cox models for time-to-event data and mixed models or generalised estimating equations for longitudinal data will be used to measure change over time where temporal effects exist. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION: Ethical approval has been granted by Human Research Ethics Committees of the Prince Charles Hospital (HREC/15/QPCH/289) and the AIHW (EO2016-1-233). The Northern Territory Department of Health and Menzies School of Health Research have also provided reciprocal ethical approval of the project (HREC 2019-3490). The deidentified results will be summarised in a report and shared with investigators, advisory groups, Queensland Health and key stakeholders. Findings will be disseminated through workshops, conferences and will be published in peer-reviewed journals.

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Health Services, IndigenousAustraliaCohort StudiesHospitalsHumansInformation Storage and RetrievalQueenslandRetrospective Studiescardiac epidemiologyepidemiologyheart failureischaemic heart diseasestroke medicine

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PMID33741666
PMCPMC7986649
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