Acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease in the Kimberley: using hospitalisation data to find cases and describe trends

Acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease in the Kimberley: using hospitalisation data to find cases and describe trends

Abstract Objective: To describe the epidemiology of hospitalisations due to acute rheumatic fever (ARF) and rheumatic heart disease (RHD) in the Kimberley region of Western Australia (WA) and use these data to improve completeness of the WA RHD Register. Methods: Retrospective analysis of Kimberley...

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Main Authors: Jacqueline Murdoch, Stephanie Davis, Janice Forrester, Lynette Masuda, Carole Reeve
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-02-01
Series:Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health
Subjects:
Acute rheumatic fever
rheumatic heart disease
Aboriginal health
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1111/1753-6405.12240

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