If we do not count it, it does not count: ethnicity in allogeneic haemopoietic stem cell transplant in Australia

Gemma McErlean^{1

2}, Ashish Bajel^{3

4}, Abir Bhattacharyya⁵, Ngaire Brown^{6

7}, Richard De Abreu Lourenco⁸, Matthew Greenwood^{9

10}, Ian Kerridge^{9

10}, Nancy Kim⁸, David Kliman⁹, Della Maneze¹, Tracey O'Brien^{11

12}, Jeff Szer^{3

4}, Ida Twist¹³

Affiliations

¹ School of Nursing, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia.
² St George Hospital, South Eastern Sydney Local Health District, New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.
³ Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre & The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
⁴ University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
⁵ Department of Haematology, Westmead Hospital, New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.
⁶ Ngaoara Ltd, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia.
⁷ South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
⁸ Centre for Health Economics Research and Evaluation, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
⁹ Department of Haematology, Royal North Shore Hospital, New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.
¹⁰ Faculty of Medicine, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
¹¹ Cancer Institute NSW, NSW Health, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
¹² University of New South Wales, School of Clinical Medicine, New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.
¹³ Cancer Centre for Children, Children's Hospital Westmead, New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.

Editorial

Gemma McErlean et al. Intern Med J. 2023 Dec.

. 2023 Dec;53(12):2155-2158.

doi: 10.1111/imj.16232. Epub 2023 Oct 10.

¹ School of Nursing, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia.
² St George Hospital, South Eastern Sydney Local Health District, New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.
³ Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre & The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
⁴ University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
⁵ Department of Haematology, Westmead Hospital, New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.
⁶ Ngaoara Ltd, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia.
⁷ South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
⁸ Centre for Health Economics Research and Evaluation, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
⁹ Department of Haematology, Royal North Shore Hospital, New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.
¹⁰ Faculty of Medicine, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
¹¹ Cancer Institute NSW, NSW Health, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
¹² University of New South Wales, School of Clinical Medicine, New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.
¹³ Cancer Centre for Children, Children's Hospital Westmead, New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.

No abstract available

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