An Investigation of Variation in Emergency Admission Rates between New Zealand General Practices: a national database linkage study

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An Investigation of Variation in Emergency Admission Rates between New Zealand General Practices: a national database linkage study

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ABSTRACT Objective To quantify variation in emergency admission rates between all New Zealand general practices and to investigate the influence of patients with long-term conditions. Approach This retrospective cohort study linked three national data collection. The Primary Health Organisation (PHO) Enrolment Collection provided practice register data on age sex ethnicity and deprivation. The National Minimum Dataset for Hospital Events (NMDS) allowed access to discharge data. The national P...

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2017-04-01

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Hywel Lloyd / Andrew Tomlin / Susan Dovey

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International Journal of Population Data Science

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https://ijpds.org/article/view/259

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Demography / Population / Vital events

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