A baseline profile of the Queensland Cardiac Record Linkage Cohort (QCard) study.
Son Hong NghiemClifford AfoakwahPaul ScuffhamJoshua ByrnesPublished in: BMC cardiovascular disorders (2022)
Our study demonstrates that linked administrative health data provide an effective tool to investigate factors determining the progress of heart disease. Our main finding suggests that recurrent admissions were associated with higher hospital costs and a higher risk of having adverse outcomes.