Association between area-level socioeconomic status, accessibility and diabetes-related hospitalisations: a cross-sectional analysis of data from Western Victoria, Australia

Muhammad A Sajjad; Kara L Holloway-Kew; Mohammadreza Mohebbi; Mark A Kotowicz; Lelia LF de Abreu; Patricia M Livingston; Mustafa Khasraw; Sharon Hakkennes; Trisha L Dunning; Susan Brumby; Richard S Page; Alasdair G Sutherland; Svetha Venkatesh; Lana J Williams; Sharon L Brennan-Olsen; Julie A Pasco

Journal article

Association between area-level socioeconomic status, accessibility and diabetes-related hospitalisations: a cross-sectional analysis of data from Western Victoria, Australia

Muhammad A Sajjad, Kara L Holloway-Kew, Mohammadreza Mohebbi, Mark A Kotowicz, Lelia LF de Abreu, Patricia M Livingston, Mustafa Khasraw, Sharon Hakkennes, Trisha L Dunning, Susan Brumby, Richard S Page, Alasdair G Sutherland, Svetha Venkatesh, Lana J Williams, Sharon L Brennan-Olsen, Julie A Pasco

BMJ Open | BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP | Published : 2019

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-026880

University of Melbourne Researchers

Mark Kotowicz Author

Julie Pasco Author

Sharon Brennan-Olsen Author

Grants

Awarded by National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC, Australia) Career Development Fellowship

Funding Acknowledgements

This study was funded by the Western Alliance Academic Health Science Centre, a partnership for research collaboration between Deakin University, Federation University and 13 health service providers across Western Victoria, Australia. MAS and LLFdA were supported by postgraduate scholarships from Deakin University. KLH-K was supported by an Alfred Deakin Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, Deakin University. SLB-O and LJW were each supported by a National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC, Australia) Career Development Fellowship (1107510 and 1064272, respectively).