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SUMMARY:BSU Seminar: "The HealthGap study: Using linked administrative dat
 a to understand cardiovascular health of Indigenous people living in Victo
 ria\, Australia" - Dr Karen Lamb\, University of Melbourne
DTSTART:20221115T140000Z
DTEND:20221115T150000Z
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CONTACT:Alison Quenault
DESCRIPTION:Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death and morbi
 dity in Australia and is a key contributor to the health gap between Abori
 ginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians and non-Indigenous Australian
 s. Internationally\, research has made use of routinely collected administ
 rative data to examine the management of cardiovascular risk\, the risk of
  developing cardiovascular disease and the treatment for those with cardio
 vascular disease. A key benefit of using routinely collected data for this
  purpose is that it can facilitate our understanding of health and risks o
 f poor health outcomes in hard-to-reach populations\, such as Aboriginal a
 nd Torres Strait Islander Australians. However\, a significant challenge o
 f using administrative healthcare data in Australia is that the responsibi
 lity for key health services is distributed between individual Australian 
 states (e.g.\, hospital care) and the federal government (e.g.\, pharmaceu
 tical benefits and primary care). Administrative data collections are ther
 efore siloed across care sectors and jurisdictions\, requiring complex dat
 a negotiation to authorise linkage. \n \nThe state of Victoria faces uniqu
 e challenges that limit the use of linked health care data for the purpose
  of improving health care access and outcomes\, with particular concerns s
 urrounding the accuracy of Indigenous identification. This means Victoria
 ’s Aboriginal community has been largely excluded from national health d
 atasets rendering them invisible. To address the gaps in understanding car
 diovascular outcomes and risks among Indigenous Australians in Victoria\, 
 the ‘Closing the gap on Indigenous cardiovascular health’ (HealthGap) 
 study was created to recalibrate existing risk models for cardiovascular e
 vents for Indigenous Australians living in Victoria using linked administr
 ative data. This presentation will cover some of the challenges encountere
 d when using linked administrative data for this purpose in Australia\, pr
 agmatic solutions the team developed to tackle these challenges and findin
 gs from analyses examining cardiovascular risk and care in the Victorian p
 opulation.\n \nDr Karen Lamb is a senior research fellow and biostatistici
 an in the Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the Melbourne Schoo
 l of Population and Global Health\, University of Melbourne. She provides 
 senior support on observational and linked health research studies to heal
 th researchers at the university through the Methods and Implementation Su
 pport for Clinical and Health research Hub (MISCH) and is lead biostatisti
 cian on the HealthGap study led by Associate Professor Luke Burchill\, Lea
 d of the Cardiovascular Health Equity Group at the University of Melbourne
 .\n
LOCATION:Large Seminar Room\, East Forvie Building\, Forvie Site\, Robinso
 n Way\, Cambridge CB2 0SR
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