Contemporary Incidence and Prevalence of Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease in Australia Using Linked Data: The Case for Policy Change

Autor: Judith M. Katzenellenbogen, Daniela Bond‐Smith, Rebecca J. Seth, Karen Dempsey, Jeffrey Cannon, Ingrid Stacey, Vicki Wade, Nicholas de Klerk, Melanie Greenland, Frank M. Sanfilippo, Alex Brown, Jonathan R. Carapetis, Rosemary Wyber, Lee Nedkoff, Joe Hung, Dawn Bessarab, Anna P. Ralph
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, Vol 9, Iss 19 (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2047-9980
DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.120.016851
Popis: Background In 2018, the World Health Organization prioritized control of acute rheumatic fever (ARF) and rheumatic heart disease (RHD), including disease surveillance. We developed strategies for estimating contemporary ARF/RHD incidence and prevalence in Australia (2015–2017) by age group, sex, and region for Indigenous and non‐Indigenous Australians based on innovative, direct methods. Methods and Results This population‐based study used linked administrative data from 5 Australian jurisdictions. A cohort of ARF (age
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