Journal article
Growth of linked hospital data use in Australia: A systematic review
M Tew, KM Dalziel, DJ Petrie, PM Clarke
Australian Health Review | CSIRO PUBLISHING | Published : 2017
DOI: 10.1071/AH16034
Abstract
Objective The aim of the present study was to quantify and understand the utilisation of linked hospital data for research purposes across Australia over the past two decades. Methods A systematic review was undertaken guided by the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) 2009 checklist. Medline OVID, PsycINFO, Embase, EconLit and Scopus were searched to identify articles published from 1946 to December 2014. Information on publication year, state(s) involved, type of data linkage, disease area and purpose was extracted. Results The search identified 3314 articles, of which 606 were included; these generated 629 records of hospital data linkage use across ..
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Funding Acknowledgements
The study received no explicit funding, but the authors acknowledge an NHMRC Research Fellowship for PMC (APP 1079621), the 2013 Melbourne University McKenzie Fellowship for KMD and the Australian Research Council's Discovery Early Career Awards funding scheme (Project DE150100309) for DJP. The authors also thank the following the personnel at the data linkage units for their assistance in completing and verifying the information relevant to their units: Nicky O'Brien, Jasna Tepsic and Chris Radbone (SA/NT DataLink), Jessica Hehir (Centre for Health Record Linkage), Trisha Johnston (Queensland Health - Health Statistics Unit), Katy Greenland and Peter Carver (Victorian Data Linkages) and Janine Alan (Data Linkage Western Australia). The authors thank Merran Smith and Felicity Flack from the Population Health Research Network for their kind help in providing information to supplement this research. The views expressed herein are those of the authors and the authors take responsibility for all remaining errors in the paper.