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ArticlePloS one2022

AcceSS and Equity in Transplantation (ASSET) New Zealand: Protocol for population-wide data linkage platform to investigate equity in access to kidney failure health services in New Zealand.

Rachel B Cutting, Angela C Webster, Nicholas B Cross, Heather Dunckley, Ben Beaglehole, Ian Dittmer, John Irvine, Curtis Walker, Merryn Jones, Melanie Wyld and 3 more

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Article in PloS one, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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13 authors at 6 institutions in 2 countries.

Rachel B CuttingSydney School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-1071-0511
Angela C WebsterSydney School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia.
Nicholas B CrossDepartment of Nephrology, Canterbury District Health Board, Christchurch Hospital, Christchurch, New Zealand.
Heather DunckleyNew Zealand Transplantation and Immunogenetics Laboratory, New Zealand Blood Service, Auckland, New Zealand.
Ben BeagleholeDepartment of Psychological Medicine, University of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand.
Ian DittmerAuckland City Hospital, Auckland District Hospital Board, Auckland, New Zealand.
John IrvineDepartment of Nephrology, Canterbury District Health Board, Christchurch Hospital, Christchurch, New Zealand.
Curtis WalkerInternal Medicine, Medical Council of New Zealand, Mid Central District Health Board, Wellington, New Zealand.
Merryn JonesRenal Services, Ballantyne House, Hawke's Bay District Health Board, Hastings, New Zealand.
Melanie WyldSydney School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia.
Patrick J KellySydney School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia.
Kate WyburnSydney School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia.
Nicole L De La MataSydney School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-7739-3656
The University of Sydney · AUChristchurch Hospital · NZAuckland City Hospital · NZHawke's Bay Hospital · NZHealth Research Council of New Zealand · NZUniversity of Otago · NZ

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundKidney transplantation is considered the ideal treatment for most people with kidney failure, conferring both survival and quality of life advantages, and is more cost effective than dialysis. Yet, current health systems may serve some people better than others, creating inequities in access to kidney failure treatments and health outcomes. AcceSS and Equity in Transplantation (ASSET) investigators aim to create a linked data platform to facilitate research enquiry into equity of health service delivery for people with kidney failure in New Zealand.

methodsThe New Zealand Ministry of Health will use patients' National Health Index (NHI) numbers to deterministically link individual records held in existing registry and administrative health databases in New Zealand to create the data platform. The initial data linkage will include a study population of incident patients captured in the Australia and New Zealand Dialysis and Transplant Registry (ANZDATA), New Zealand Blood Service Database and the Australia and New Zealand Living Kidney Donor Registry (ANZLKD) from 2006 to 2019 and their linked health data. Health data sources will include National Non-Admitted Patient Collection Data, National Minimum Dataset, Cancer Registry, Programme for the Integration of Mental Health Data (PRIMHD), Pharmaceutical Claims Database and Mortality Collection Database. Initial exemplar studies include 1) kidney waitlist dynamics and pathway to transplantation; 2) impact of mental illness on accessing kidney waitlist and transplantation; 3) health service use of living donors following donation.

conclusionThe AcceSS and Equity in Transplantation (ASSET) linked data platform will provide opportunity for population-based health services research to examine equity in health care delivery and health outcomes in New Zealand. It also offers potential to inform future service planning by identifying where improvements can be made in the current health system to promote equity in access to health services for those in New Zealand.

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Kidney Failure, ChronicRenal InsufficiencyHealth ServicesHumansInformation Storage and RetrievalNew ZealandQuality of LifeRegistriesRenal Dialysis

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