From: Accuracy and completeness of patient pathways – the benefits of national data linkage in Australia
Linkage Results - Summary | NSW | WA | SA | QLD | Total | |
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Number of individuals: | ||||||
Identified from Hospital and Death records | 5,796,784 | 1,558,999 | 848,446 | 3,995,812 | 11,954,874 | |
Hospital events within individual groups: | ||||||
Number of individuals hospitalised | 5,782,670 | 1,554,313 | 833,781 | 3,979,562 | 11,907,114 | |
Singleton hospital recordsa | 2,598,149 | 544,484 | 433,277 | 1,831,768 | 5,407,678 | |
% | 44.9 % | 35.0 % | 52.0 % | 46.0 % | 45.4 % | |
Maximum number of hospital records | 2,297 | 2,245 | 2,393 | 2,393 | 2,393 | |
Average group sizeb | 5.4 | 6.2 | 5.2 | 5.9 | 5.9 |