Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Incomplete recording of Indigenous identification status under-estimates the prevalence of Indigenous population attending Australian general practices: a cross sectional study |
| Authors: |
Belinda K. Ford, Marlene Kong, James S. Ward, Jane S. Hocking, Christopher K. Fairley, Basil Donovan, Rebecca Lorch, Simone Spark, Matthew Law, John Kaldor, Rebecca Guy |
| Source: |
BMC Health Services Research, Vol 19, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2019) |
| Publisher Information: |
BMC, 2019. |
| Publication Year: |
2019 |
| Collection: |
LCC:Public aspects of medicine |
| Subject Terms: |
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait islander people, Indigenous status, Medical records, Health data, General practice, Public aspects of medicine, RA1-1270 |
| More Details: |
Abstract Background Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (Indigenous) peoples face major health disadvantage across many conditions. Recording of patients’ Indigenous status in general practice records supports equitable delivery of effective clinical services. National policy and accreditation standards mandate recording of Indigenous status in patient records, however for a large proportion of general practice patient records it remains incomplete. We assessed the completeness of Indigenous status in general practice patient records, and compared the patient self-reported Indigenous status to general practice medical records. Methods A cross sectional analysis of Indigenous status recorded at 95 Australian general practices, participating in the Australian Chlamydia Control Effectiveness Pilot (ACCEPt) in 2011. Demographic data were collected from medical records and patient surveys from 16 to 29 year old patients at general practices, and population composition from the 2011 Australian census. General practitioners (GPs) at the same practices were also surveyed. Completeness of Indigenous status in general practice patient records was measured with a 75% benchmark used in accreditation standards. Indigenous population composition from a patient self-reported survey was compared to Indigenous population composition in general practice records, and Australian census data. Results Indigenous status was complete in 56% (median 60%, IQR 7–81%) of general practice records for 109,970 patients aged 16–29 years, and Indigenous status was complete for 92.5% of the 3355 patients aged 16–29 years who completed the survey at the same clinics. The median proportion per clinic of patients identified as Indigenous was 0.9%, lower than the 1.8% from the patient surveys and the 1.7% in clinic postcodes (ABS). Correlations between the proportion of Indigenous people self-reporting in the patient survey (5.2%) compared to status recorded in all patient records (2.1%) showed a fair association (r = 0.6468; p |
| Document Type: |
article |
| File Description: |
electronic resource |
| Language: |
English |
| ISSN: |
1472-6963 |
| Relation: |
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12913-019-4393-6; https://doaj.org/toc/1472-6963 |
| DOI: |
10.1186/s12913-019-4393-6 |
| Access URL: |
https://doaj.org/article/a4f10ef229e54a74aead997c9ca6d9bf |
| Accession Number: |
edsdoj.4f10ef229e54a74aead997c9ca6d9bf |
| Database: |
Directory of Open Access Journals |
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