Critically ill Indigenous Australians and mortality: a complex story

Paul J Secombe^{1

2

3}, Alex Brown^{4

5}, Michael J Bailey³, David Pilcher^{6

7}

Affiliations

¹ Alice Springs Hospital, Alice Springs, NT.
² Flinders University, Adelaide, SA.
³ Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Research Centre, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC.
⁴ South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute, Adelaide, SA.
⁵ University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA.
⁶ Centre for Outcome and Resource Evaluation, Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society, Melbourne, VIC.
⁷ The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, VIC.

Editorial

Paul J Secombe et al. Med J Aust. 2020 Jul.

. 2020 Jul;213(1):13-14.

doi: 10.5694/mja2.50661. Epub 2020 Jun 13.

Paul J Secombe^{1

2

3}, Alex Brown^{4

5}, Michael J Bailey³, David Pilcher^{6

7}

¹ Alice Springs Hospital, Alice Springs, NT.
² Flinders University, Adelaide, SA.
³ Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Research Centre, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC.
⁴ South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute, Adelaide, SA.
⁵ University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA.
⁶ Centre for Outcome and Resource Evaluation, Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society, Melbourne, VIC.
⁷ The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, VIC.

No abstract available

Keywords: Chronic disease; Health status indicators; Intensive care; Rural health services; Treatment outcome.

Comment on

Long term outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians after hospital intensive care.
Mitchell WG, Deane A, Brown A, Bihari S, Wong H, Ramadoss R, Finnis M. Mitchell WG, et al. Med J Aust. 2020 Jul;213(1):16-21. doi: 10.5694/mja2.50649. Epub 2020 Jun 2. Med J Aust. 2020. PMID: 32484925

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