Journal article
Hospital and emergency department discharge against medical advice in Western Australian Aboriginal children aged 0–4 years from 2002 to 2018: A cohort study
D Christensen, A Gibberd, B McNamara, S Eades, C Shepherd, DB Preen, D McAullay, N Strobel
Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology | WILEY | Published : 2023
DOI: 10.1111/ppe.13018
Abstract
Background: Discharge against medical advice (DAMA) is a priority issue for the health system. Little is known about the factors associated with DAMA for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander (Aboriginal) children in Australia. Objectives: Investigate the associations between DAMA for hospital admissions and emergency department (ED) presentations and: (i) child, family and episode of service characteristics and (ii) 30-day readmission/ re-presentation. Methods: We conducted a cohort study of Aboriginal children born in Western Australia (2002–2013) who had ≥1 hospital admissions (n = 16,931) or ED presentations (n = 26,546) within the first 5 years of life. The outcome of interest was ho..
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Funding Acknowledgements
The authors thank staff at the Western Australian Data Linkage Branch and the data custodians of the Midwives Notification System, the Emergency Department Data Collection, Death Registrations and the Hospital Morbidity Data Collection for access to, and linkage of, the data. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities are formally acknowledged for their contribution to this research project reporting for Publications, Reports and Presentations. Georgia Whisson proof-read and edited a version of the manuscript. Open access publishing facilitated by Edith Cowan University, as part of the Wiley - Edith Cowan University agreement via the Council of Australian University Librarians.