Understanding and improving responses to suicidality for Department of Veterans' Affairs clients in Queensland: a data linkage study - project protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

This project aims to comprehensively examine the incidence of suicidality, individual and population characteristics, and health pathways, for a cohort of Australian veterans using linked administrative data.

Methods and analysis

The cohort will comprise veterans who are clients of the Department of Veterans' Affairs (DVA) residing in Queensland between 1 January 2017 and 31 December 2022. People currently serving in the Australian Defence Force, Australian Federal Police personnel, other DVA clients who are not veterans (eg, eligible dependents), and clients currently known to DVA who have requested that their data not be disclosed for research will be excluded. This cohort will be linked to DVA administrative data, the Queensland Hospital Admitted Patients Dat

SUBMITTER: Meurk CS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12519683 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature