Appendicectomy during pregnancy and the risk of preterm birth: A population data linkage study

BackgroundPeople who are nearing the end of life are high users of healthcare. The cost to providers is high and the value of care is uncertain.ObjectivesTo describe the pattern, trajectory and drivers of secondary care use and cost by people in Scotland in their last year of life.MethodsRetrospective whole-population secondary care administrative data linkage study of Scottish decedents of 60 years and over between 2012 and 2017 (N=274 048).ResultsSecondary care use was high in the last year of life with a sharp rise in inpatient admissions in the last 3 months. The mean cost was £10 000. Cause of death was associated with differing patterns of healthcare use: dying of cancer was preceded by the greatest number of hospital admissions and dementia the least. Greater age was associated with lower admission rates and cost. There was higher resource use in the urban areas. No difference was observed by deprivation.ConclusionsHospitalisation near the end of life was least frequent for older people and those living rurally, although length of stay for both groups, when they were admitted, was longer. Research is required to understand if variation in hospitalisation is due to variation in the quantity or quality of end-of-life care available, varying community support, patient preferences or an inevitable consequence of disease-specific needs.

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Indigenous and non‐Indigenous Australian children hospitalised for burn injuries: a population data linkage study

The Medical Journal of Australia ◽

10.5694/mja16.00213 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 206 (9) ◽

pp. 392-397 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Holger Möller ◽

Lara Harvey ◽

Kathleen Falster ◽

Rebecca Ivers ◽

Kathleen F Clapham ◽

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Keyword(s):

Data Linkage ◽

Population Data ◽

Linkage Study ◽

Burn Injuries ◽

Indigenous Australian

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838Thriving in adversity: positive child development despite early disadvantage in a whole-of-population data linkage study

International Journal of Epidemiology ◽

10.1093/ije/dyab168.129 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 50 (Supplement_1) ◽

Author(s):

Catherine Chittleborough ◽

Thomas Brown ◽

Helena Schuch ◽

Anna Kalamkarian ◽

Rhiannon Pilkington ◽

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Keyword(s):

Child Development ◽

Child Protection ◽

Latent Class ◽

Data Linkage ◽

Population Data ◽

Linkage Study ◽

First Year ◽

Early Adversity ◽

Negative Effects ◽

Latent Class Analyses

Abstract Background Experiencing socioeconomic disadvantage, poor health, or child maltreatment in early life has negative effects on child development. However, we know little about children who have good developmental outcomes despite experiencing adversity. Methods This study used de-identified, linked government administrative data from the South Australian Early Childhood Data Project: specifically Australian Early Development Census (AEDC) data for all South Australian born children in their first year of school in 2009, 2012 and 2015 (n = 47,179) and their corresponding birth, perinatal, school enrolment, hospital admission, emergency department presentation, public housing and child protection data. Latent class analyses constructed multidimensional measures of socioeconomic, health, and maltreatment adversities experienced from birth to age 5. Results Overall, 49.8% (95% CI 49.2-50.4) of children were on track on all five AEDC domains, but this ranged from 53.7% among children who did not experience high levels of adversity to 13.5% among children with high levels of all three adversities. Conclusions Among children who experienced high levels of two or three early adversity types, approximately 1 in 5 were developmentally on track. Understanding characteristics of these children who thrive, against the odds, will help identify intervention opportunities to improve child development. Key messages Compared with children who did not experience high levels of adversity, each additional adversity reduced the likelihood of being developmentally on track by approximately 10% to 15%. Children experiencing socioeconomic or maltreatment adversity were less likely to be developmentally on track than children experiencing health adversity.

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Ethnic Inequalities in Psychological Distress: A Population Data Linkage Study on the Pacific Island of Guåhån/Guam

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health ◽

10.1007/s10903-018-0815-5 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 21 (5) ◽

pp. 1026-1034

Author(s):

Tania J. Bosqui ◽

Anne Kouvonen ◽

Yoshito Kawabata

Keyword(s):

Psychological Distress ◽

Data Linkage ◽

Population Data ◽

Linkage Study ◽

Pacific Island ◽

Ethnic Inequalities ◽

The Pacific

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Ethnic density and risk of mental ill health – The case of religious sectarianism in Northern Ireland: A population data linkage study

Health & Place ◽

10.1016/j.healthplace.2017.06.010 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 47 ◽

pp. 29-35 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Tania J. Bosqui ◽

Aideen Maguire ◽

Anne Kouvonen ◽

David Wright ◽

Michael Donnelly ◽

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Keyword(s):

Northern Ireland ◽

Data Linkage ◽

Population Data ◽

Linkage Study ◽

Ethnic Density

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Children diagnosed with attention deficit disorder and their hospitalisations: population data linkage study

European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry ◽

10.1007/s00787-014-0545-8 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 23 (11) ◽

pp. 1043-1050 ◽

Cited By ~ 23

Author(s):

Desiree Silva ◽

Lyn Colvin ◽

Erika Hagemann ◽

Fiona Stanley ◽

Carol Bower

Keyword(s):

Attention Deficit ◽

Attention Deficit Disorder ◽

Data Linkage ◽

Population Data ◽

Linkage Study

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1332Endometriosis, assisted reproductive technology and adverse pregnancy outcomes: a population based data linkage study

International Journal of Epidemiology ◽

10.1093/ije/dyab168.302 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 50 (Supplement_1) ◽

Author(s):

Ibinabo Ibiebele ◽

Tanya Nippita ◽

Rodney Baber ◽

Siranda Torvaldsen

Keyword(s):

Preterm Birth ◽

Assisted Reproductive Technology ◽

Pregnancy Outcomes ◽

Data Linkage ◽

Reproductive Technology ◽

Linkage Study ◽

Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes ◽

Placenta Praevia ◽

Antepartum Haemorrhage ◽

Adverse Pregnancy

Abstract Background Endometriosis is a chronic inflammatory disease characterised by endometrial tissue outside the uterus – pain and infertility are common symptoms. There is a paucity of data on the association between endometriosis and adverse pregnancy outcomes where the contribution of assisted reproductive technology (ART) use is also considered. This study will examine the association between endometriosis, with and without ART use, on adverse pregnancy outcomes. Methods Population data linkage study of all female NSW residents aged 15-45 years with a singleton birth in 2006-2015. Pregnancies were classified into 4 groups based on endometriosis diagnosis (yes/no) and ART use (yes/no). Multinomial logistic regression was used to estimate the odds of adverse pregnancy outcomes with 99% confidence intervals, adjusting for maternal and pregnancy factors. Outcomes assessed included placenta praevia, antepartum haemorrhage, planned birth (induction of labour or caesarean section) and preterm birth. Results Of 889,101 eligible pregnancies, women with endometriosis were more likely to be older while women who used ART were more likely to be nulliparous, birth in a private hospital and less likely to smoke. Adjusted odds ratios for selected study outcomes are outlined below. Conclusions Endometriosis is associated with increased odds of preterm birth, placenta praevia, antepartum haemorrhage and planned birth. In general, the odds of adverse pregnancy outcomes associated with endometriosis were further increased with ART use. Key messages These findings suggest that women with endometriosis, especially those who achieved pregnancy via ART use, represent a high risk obstetric population requiring appropriate surveillance and management.

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Visibility in health statistics: a population data linkage study more accurately identifying Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Births in Victoria, Australia, 1988-2008

International Journal for Population Data Science ◽

10.23889/ijpds.v1i1.234 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Rebecca Ritte ◽

Jane Freemantle ◽

Fiona Mensah ◽

Mary Sullivan

Keyword(s):

Infant Mortality ◽

Torres Strait Islander ◽

Data Linkage ◽

Population Data ◽

Population Level ◽

Vital Statistics ◽

Linkage Study ◽

Social Progress ◽

Torres Strait ◽

Number Of Births

ABSTRACTObjectivesAn accurate picture of infant mortality informs society of its social progress. It is a key indicator of how effective public health policies and programs are in caring for the most vulnerable in our society. Currently, at the population level, Victorian data on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander births and deaths are excluded from Australian vital statistics. The Victorian Aboriginal Mortality Study aimed to provide a more complete and accurate population profile of Aboriginal births in Victoria using population data linkage of Victorian statutory and administrative datasets. ApproachTwo population statutory datasets, the Victorian Perinatal Data Collection (VPDC) and Victorian Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages (RBDM) were linked, using probabilistic matching with mother’s name and surname, child’s date of birth and sex, for all births that occurred in Victoria between 1988 and 2008, inclusive to more accurately ascertain births to mothers and fathers who identified as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander (hereafter respectfully ‘Aboriginal’).ResultsOver 1.34 million files, reporting births between 1988 and 2008, were linked. However, due to data integrity issues for Indigenous identification prior to 1998, the years between 1999 and 2008 only were used in the development of the birth cohort. Matching the VPDC with the RBDM resulted in identifying an additional 4,333 live births where mother and/or father identified as Aboriginal, representing an 87% increase in the number of births previously recorded as Aboriginal by the VPDC*. The largest increase (186%) in the number of births where mother and/or father identified as Aboriginal births was observed within the Victorian metropolitan areas. ConclusionThis is the first time that the VPDC and RBDM birth data were linked in Victoria. The matched birth information established a more complete population profile of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander births. These data will provide a more accurate baseline to enhance the Victorian and Australian governments’ ability to plan services, allocate resources and evaluate funded activities aimed at eliminating disparity experienced by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples. Importantly, it has established a more accurate denominator from which to calculate Aboriginal infant mortality rates for Victoria, Australia. *Until 2009, the mother’s Indigenous identification only was recorded in the VPDC

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