Exploring the effects of transfers and readmissions on trends in population counts of hospital admissions for coronary heart disease: a Western Australian data linkage study

Derrick Lopez; Lee Nedkoff; Matthew Knuiman; Michael S T Hobbs; Thomas G Briffa; David B Preen; Joseph Hung; John Beilby; Sushma Mathur; Anna Reynolds; Frank M Sanfilippo

doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2017-019226

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Exploring the effects of transfers and readmissions on trends in population counts of hospital admissions for coronary heart disease: a Western Australian data linkage study

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Derrick Lopez School of Population and Global Health, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Lee Nedkoff School of Population and Global Health, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Matthew Knuiman School of Population and Global Health, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Michael S T Hobbs School of Population and Global Health, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Thomas G Briffa School of Population and Global Health, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia PubMed articles Google scholar articles
David B Preen School of Population and Global Health, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Joseph Hung School of Medicine, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia PubMed articles Google scholar articles
John Beilby School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Sushma Mathur Health Group, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Canberra, Australia PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Anna Reynolds Health Group, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Canberra, Australia PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Frank M Sanfilippo School of Population and Global Health, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia PubMed articles Google scholar articles

Correspondence to Dr Derrick Lopez; derrick.lopez{at}uwa.edu.au

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Lopez D, Nedkoff L, Knuiman M, et al

Exploring the effects of transfers and readmissions on trends in population counts of hospital admissions for coronary heart disease: a Western Australian data linkage study

BMJ Open 2017;7:e019226. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-019226

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Received August 21, 2017
Accepted October 13, 2017
First published November 17, 2017.

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