Items for "Australian Aborigines"

Factors Influencing Hospitalisation of Infants for Recurrent Gastroenteritis in Western Australia

OBJECTIVE: To determine factors affecting length of hospitalisation of infants for recurrent gastroenteritis using linked data records from the Western Australia heath information system. METHODS: A seven-year retrospective cohort study was undertaken on all infants born in Western Australia in 1995 who were admitted for gastroenteritis during their first year of life (n = 519)...

Keywords: Australian Aborigines, correlated frailty, data linkage, recurrent gastroenteritis