A retrospective cross-sectional analysis of the economic impact of environmental risk factors on inpatient hospital separations in the Northern Territory.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To quantify the cost of hospital separations attributable to environmental risk factors in the Northern Territory, including for Indigenous and remote subgroups.

Study design

A retrospective cross-sectional secondary data analysis of hospital separations data. Data collection, analysis and presentation were guided by our Indigenous Steering Committee.

Setting and participants

All episodes of care from 1 July 2021 to 30 June 2022 with an inpatient separation (discharge, transfer, death) from NT public hospitals were included. Non-inpatient episodes of care (outpatient, emergency department and primary care presentations) were excluded.

Major outcome measures

Individual hospital separations were classified as environmentally attributable if the Interna

SUBMITTER: Lamba G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12620604 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature