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Hospital Utilisation in Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Infants under 12 Months of Age in Western Australia, Prospective Population Based Data Linkage Study

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  • Kimberley McAuley
  • Daniel McAullay
  • Natalie A Strobel
  • Rhonda Marriott
  • David N Atkinson
  • Julia V Marley
  • Fiona J Stanley
  • Karen M Edmond

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Background: Indigenous infants (infants aged under 12 months) have the highest hospital admission and emergency department presentation risks in Australia. However, there have been no recent reports comparing hospital utilisation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous infants. Methods: Our primary objective was to use a large prospective population-based linked dataset to assess the risk of all-cause hospital admission and emergency department presentation in Indigenous compared to non-Indigenous infants in Western Australia (WA). Secondary objectives were to assess the effect of socio-economic status (Index of Relative Socio-Economic Disadvantage [IRSD]) on hospital utilisation and to understand the causes of hospital utilisation. Findings: There were 3,382 (5.4%) Indigenous and 59,583 (94.6%) non-Indigenous live births in WA from 1 January 2010 to 31 December 2011. Indigenous infants had a greater risk of hospital admission (adjusted odds ratio [aOR] 1.90, 95% confidence interval [95% CI] 1.77–2.04, p =

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  • Kimberley McAuley & Daniel McAullay & Natalie A Strobel & Rhonda Marriott & David N Atkinson & Julia V Marley & Fiona J Stanley & Karen M Edmond, 2016. "Hospital Utilisation in Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Infants under 12 Months of Age in Western Australia, Prospective Population Based Data Linkage Study," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 11(4), pages 1-14, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0154171
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0154171
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