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ArticleBMJ global health2023

Democratising data to address health system inequities in Australia.

Stephanie M Topp, Fintan Thompson, Karen Johnston, Deborah Smith, Alexandra Edelman, Maxine Whittaker, Christopher Rouen, Nishila Moodley, Malcolm McDonald, Ruth Barker and 1 more

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Article in BMJ global health, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Stephanie M ToppCollege of Public Health, Medical and Veterinary Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia globalstopp@gmail.com.ORCID 0000-0002-3448-7983
Fintan ThompsonCollege of Public Health, Medical and Veterinary Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-0798-2671
Karen JohnstonCollege of Medicine and Dentistry, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-0477-4666
Deborah SmithCollege of Medicine and Dentistry, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia.
Alexandra EdelmanCollege of Public Health, Medical and Veterinary Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-2021-5266
Maxine WhittakerCollege of Public Health, Medical and Veterinary Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-1677-2991
Christopher RouenCollege of Public Health, Medical and Veterinary Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-6471-1643
Nishila MoodleyCollege of Medicine and Dentistry, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-0375-2438
Malcolm McDonaldJames Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia.
Ruth BarkerCollege of Healthcare Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-2546-2581
Sarah LarkinsJames Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-7561-3202

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Understanding the health status of a population or community is crucial to equitable service planning. Among other uses, data on health status can help local and national planners and policy makers understand patterns and trends in current or emerging health and well-being, especially how disparities relating to geography, ethnicity, language and living with disability influence access to services. In this practice paper we draw attention to the nature of Australia's health data challenges and call for greater 'democratisation' of health data to address health system inequities. Democratisation implies the need for greater

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