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RESEARCH ARTICLE

Reporting of Aboriginal people in health data collections in NSW

Louise Maher A , Caroline Turnour A and Jessica Stewart B
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A Centre for Aboriginal Health, NSW Ministry of Health

B Centre for Epidemiology and Evidence, NSW Ministry of Health

NSW Public Health Bulletin 23(4) 61-62 https://doi.org/10.1071/NB12067f
Published: 13 June 2012


References

[1]  Council of Australian Governments. National Partnership Agreement on Closing the Gap in Indigenous Health Outcomes. Canberra: COAG; 2009.

[2]  Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. National best practice guidelines for collecting Indigenous status in health data sets. Cat. No. AIHW 29. Canberra: AIHW; 2010.

[3]  Bentley JP, Taylor LK, Brandt PG. Reporting of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples on the NSW Admitted Patient Data Collection: the 2010 Data Quality Survey. NSW Public Health Bull 2012; 23(1): 17–20.

[4]  Lovett R. ACT public hospital staff attitudes concerning Indigenous origin information and estimating Indigenous under-identification in ACT public hospital admission data. Chapter 4. Master of Applied Epidemiology (Indigenous Health) thesis. National Centre for Epidemiology and Public Health, Australian National University; 2006.

[5]  Willis J, Wilson G, Renhard R, Chong A, Clarke A. Improving the culture of hospitals project: final report. Melbourne: Australian Institute of Primary Care; 2010. Available at: http://www.lowitja.org.au/files/crcah_docs/ICHP_Final_Report_August_2010.pdf (Cited 6 March 2012).

[6]  Health NSW. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Origin – Recording of Information of Patients and Clients. Policy Directive PD2005_547. 2005. Available at: http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/policies/pd/2005/PD2005_547.html (Cited 6 March 2012).