Whole-of-population Linked Data: Strengthening The Evidence To Drive Improvement In Health And Health Care In Australia
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$1,130,376.00
Summary
In partnership with the Australian Bureau of Statistics, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare and Heart Foundation, we will create a whole-of-population linked data platform to inform improvements in health and heath care. We will investigate: socioeconomic variation in disease burden, to identify opportunities to improve population health; preventive cardiovascular disease (CVD) care, to improve treatment; and end-of-life care trajectories, focusing on CVD, to inform improvements in care.
Child Health And Development: A South Australian Data Linkage Study
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$283,934.00
Summary
Children’s healthy development is important for their readiness to learn, academic achievement at school, and for their future health and economic capability. This study links whole-of-population administrative data from nine different government sources, and data collected as part of a natural experiment evaluating the effects of the South Australian Family Home Visiting program to inform policy and service delivery in child health and development in South Australia.