A baseline profile of the Queensland Cardiac Record Linkage Cohort (QCard) study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is one of the leading causes of death in Australia. Longitudinal record linkage studies have the potency to influence clinical decision making to improve cardiac health. This paper describes the baseline characteristics of the Queensland Cardiac Record Linkage Cohort study (QCard).

Methods

International Classification of Disease, 10th Revision Australian Modification (ICD-10-AM) diagnosis codes were used to identify CVD and comorbidities. Cost and adverse health outcomes (e.g., comorbidities, hospital-acquired complications) were compared between first-time and recurrent admissions. Descriptive statistics and standard tests were used to analyse the baseline data.

Results

There were 132,343 patients with hospitalisations in 2010,

SUBMITTER: Nghiem S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8817516 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature