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Linking data to improve health outcomes

Jessica L Harding, Jonathan E Shaw and Dianna J Magliano
Med J Aust 2014; 201 (2) || doi: 10.5694/mja14.00639
Published online: 21 July 2014

To the Editor: Olver raises important issues concerning data linkage and the future of public health research in Australia.1 We agree, but want to highlight several other impediments to research opportunities in Australia.

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  • Clinical Diabetes and Epidemiology, Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, VIC.



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  • 1. Olver IN. Linking data to improve health outcomes [editorial]. Med J Aust 2014; 200: 368-369. <MJA full text>
  • 2. Iedema RA, Allen S, Britton K, Hor S. Out of the frying pan? Streamlining the ethics review process of multisite qualitative research projects. Aust Health Rev 2013; 37: 137-139.
  • 3. Lunde AS. The birth number concept and record linkage. Am J Public Health 1975; 65: 1165-1169.
  • 4. Lunde AS, Lundeborg S, Lettenstrom GS, et al. Person-number systems of Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and Israel. Vital Health Stat 2 1980; (84): 1-59.

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