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  • Data linkage for injury surveillance and research in Australia: perils, pitfalls and potential

    Author(s)
    Mitchell, Rebecca J
    Cameron, Cate M
    Bambach, Mike R
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Cameron, Cate M.
    Year published
    2014
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    Abstract
    Objective: To outline some of the key issues for injury-related data linkage studies in Australia and describe potential applications of data linkage for injury surveillance and research. Methods: Narrative review of data linkage capacity and injury-related data collection quality in Australia. Results: The establishment of national and state-based data linkage centres in Australia has been a great leap forward for data linkage capacity for injury research. However, there are still limitations of using data linkage for injury surveillance and research. These are highlighted in the form of key perils and pitfalls, with ...
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    Objective: To outline some of the key issues for injury-related data linkage studies in Australia and describe potential applications of data linkage for injury surveillance and research. Methods: Narrative review of data linkage capacity and injury-related data collection quality in Australia. Results: The establishment of national and state-based data linkage centres in Australia has been a great leap forward for data linkage capacity for injury research. However, there are still limitations of using data linkage for injury surveillance and research. These are highlighted in the form of key perils and pitfalls, with examples provided. There is still much to be gained for injury research by using data linkage techniques to enhance the information available across the injury continuum, but data quality issues should always be acknowledged. Conclusions: Obtaining authorisation to link injury data collections for national research remains cumbersome. Streamlining of the application process is needed to ensure that injury research is able to be conducted in a timely fashion. Data quality and data linkage rates need to be considered when interpreting research findings. Implications: Streamlining of the application process for research that involves linking data collections would help ensure that research is conducted in a timely fashion.
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    Journal Title
    Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health
    Volume
    38
    Issue
    3
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1111/1753-6405.12234
    Subject
    Applied economics
    Policy and administration
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/65142
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