作者
CDJ Holman, AJ Bass, DL Rosman, MB Smith, JB Semmens, EJ Glasson, EL Brook, B Trutwein, IL Rouse, CR Watson, NH de Klerk, FJ Stanley
发表日期
2008
期刊
Australian Health Review
卷号
32
期号
4
页码范围
766-777
出版商
CSIRO PUBLISHING
简介
Objectives
The report describes the strategic design, steps to full implementation and outcomes achieved by the Western Australian Data Linkage System (WADLS), instigated in 1995 to link up to 40 years of data from over 30 collections for an historical population of 3.7 million. Staged development has seen its expansion, initially from a linkage key to local health data sets, to encompass links to national and local health and welfare data sets, genealogical links and spatial references for mapping applications.
Applications
The WADLS has supported over 400 studies with over 250 journal publications and 35 graduate research degrees. Applications have occurred in health services utilisation and outcomes, aetiologic research, disease surveillance and needs analysis, and in methodologic research.
Benefits
Longitudinal studies have become cheaper and more complete; deletion of duplicate records and correction …
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