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Observational studyEmergency medicine Australasia : EMA2026

Development of a Binational Clinical Registry for Emergency Care: Data Completeness Across 11 Australian and Aotearoa New Zealand ED Networks.

G M O'Reilly, P Buntine, J Furyk, L Hannon, A Hermiz, P G Jones, A Rogan, E Tan, D Tham, A Wong and 6 more

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Observational study in Emergency medicine Australasia : EMA, 2026. 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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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors.

G M O'ReillyWHO Collaborating Centre for Acute Care, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-5763-917X
P BuntineEastern Health Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-4329-3117
J FurykEmergency Department, University Hospital Geelong, Geelong, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-9503-0928
L HannonEmergency Department, Bendigo Health, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-5811-253X
A HermizEmergency Department, Camden & Campbelltown Hospitals, Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia.
P G JonesDepartment of Surgery, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.ORCID 0000-0003-1560-1186
A RoganDepartment of Surgery and Critical Care, University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand.ORCID 0000-0003-1305-0325
E TanDepartment of Surgery, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.ORCID 0000-0002-6296-3545
D ThamSunshine Paediatric Emergency Department, Western Health, Melbourne, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-6823-6106
A WongEmergency Department, Austin Health, Melbourne, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-6817-7289
L HackettEastern Health Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-5453-0926
M John-WhiteDepartment of Paediatrics, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
N LowryEmergency Department, University Hospital Geelong, Geelong, Australia.
M SlaaPaediatric Emergency Department, Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-7296-0172
J StellaEmergency Department, University Hospital Geelong, Geelong, Australia.
S CraigDepartment of Paediatrics, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-2594-1643

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveThe primary aim of this project was to test the feasibility of collating valid and useful ED data to inform the future establishment of a binational (i.e., Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand) clinical registry for emergency care. A secondary aim of this project was to utilise multi-site ED data to assess the crude impact of COVID-19 restrictions on overall ED presentations.

methodsThis was a retrospective observational study using data routinely collected by EDs. The inclusion criteria were all patients presenting to participating EDs between 2017 and 2020. The primary outcome was data completeness. The secondary outcome was the number of ED presentations. Variables for which there was at least 80% data completeness across all participating sites were eligible for simple demonstrations of multi-jurisdictional analyses.

resultsThere were data for 11 ED networks and 4,405,762 ED presentations. There were just nine variables which met the 80% completeness cutoff: network and site identification, birthdate, gender, First Nations self-identification, ED arrival date and time, ED arrival mode, triage category, ED triage date and time. Compared to the expected number of overall annual ED presentations, there was a reduction of 16% (95% CI 14% to 17%) in the actual number of overall ED presentations in 2020.

conclusionsData completeness for routinely collected data collated from multiple sites was satisfactory for just a small number of variables. These findings inform the opportunities and challenges to establishing a binational clinical registry for emergency care.

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COVID-19Emergency Service, HospitalRegistriesAustraliaFemaleHumansNew ZealandRetrospective Studies

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PMCPMC13263126

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