The impact of telephone follow up on adverse events for Aboriginal people with chronic disease in new South Wales, Australia: a retrospective cohort study

• Main Authors: Amanda Jayakody (Author), Erin Passmore (Author), Christopher Oldmeadow (Author), Jamie Bryant (Author), Mariko Carey (Author), Eunice Simons (Author), Aaron Cashmore (Author), Louise Maher (Author), Kiel Hennessey (Author), Jacinta Bunfield (Author), Maurice Terare (Author), Andrew Milat (Author), Rob Sanson-Fisher (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Chronic diseases are more prevalent and occur at a much younger age in Aboriginal people in Australia compared with non-Aboriginal people. Aboriginal people also have higher rates of unplanned hospital readmissions and emergency department presentations. There is a paucity of res...