What are the costs associated with child and maternal healthcare within Australia? A study protocol for the use of data linkage to identify health service use, and health system and patient costs.
Emily J CallanderHaylee FoxPublished in: BMJ open (2018)
Human Research Ethics approval has been obtained from Townsville Hospital and Health Service Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC) (HREC Reference number: HREC/16/QTHS/223). Consent will not be sought from participants whose de-identified data will be used in this study. Permission to waive consent has been gained from Queensland Health under the Public Health Act 2005.The results of this study will be disseminated through publications in peer-reviewed journals and through presentations at conferences, regionally and nationally. Our target audience is clinicians, health professionals and health policy-makers.
Keyphrases
- public health
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- endothelial cells
- mental health
- big data
- global health
- electronic health record
- induced pluripotent stem cells
- palliative care
- randomized controlled trial
- risk assessment
- gene expression
- systematic review
- pregnant women
- pluripotent stem cells
- body mass index
- climate change
- health promotion
- adverse drug
- acute care
- men who have sex with men
- hiv testing
- pregnancy outcomes
- affordable care act