Journal article
Process trumps potential public good: better vaccine safety through linked cross-jurisdictional immunisation data in Australia
KM Duszynski, NL Pratt, JW Lynch, A Braunack-Mayer, LK Taylor, JG Berry, V Xafis, J Buttery, MS Gold
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health | WILEY | Published : 2019
Abstract
Objective: To provide insights into complexities of seeking access to state and federal cross-jurisdictional data for linkage with the Australian Childhood Immunisation Register (ACIR). We provide recommendations for improving access and receipt of linked datasets involving Australian Government-administered data. Methods: We describe requirements for linking eleven federal and state data sources to establish a national linked dataset for safety evaluation of vaccines. The required data linkage methodology for integrating cross-jurisdictional data sources is also described. Results: Extensive negotiation was required with 18 different agencies for 21 separate authorisations and 12 ethics app..
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Awarded by Australian Research Council
Funding Acknowledgements
This project work was funded by an Australian Research Council (ARC) Linkage Project Grant LP0882394. Michael Gold, Philip Ryan, John McNeil, Jane Freemantle, Colin Thomson, Elizabeth Roughead, Lee Taylor and Jim Buttery are Chief Investigators on this grant. Lee Taylor, David Filby, Jim Buttery and Elizabeth Elliot are Partner Investigators affiliated with organisations who provided financial and/or in-kind support for this work as part of the Vaccine Assessment Using Linked Data project. The organisations include the South Australian Department of Health & Ageing, the NSW Ministry of Health, Surveillance of Adverse Events Following Vaccination in Victoria (SAEFVic) and the Australian Paediatric Surveillance Unit (APSU). The study funders had no role in study design and the collection, analysis, and interpretation of data, writing of the article or the decision to submit it for publication. KMD was supported by a University of Adelaide Division of Health Sciences Postgraduate Scholarship.