Table of contents

  • Preliminary material 
    • Title page and verso
    • Contents
    • List of tables
    • List of figures
    • List of illustrations
    • Preface
    • Acknowledgments
    • Summary of results and recommendations
  • Sections
    1. Context 
      1. Background
      2. AIHW feasibility study
      3. AHMAC Care of Older Australians Working Group
    2. Aims
    3. The linkage strategy
      1. The linkage variables
      2. The linkage process
      3. The data
    4. Testing the feasibility of the linkage strategy
      1. Unique linkage keys in the residential aged care data
      2. Unique linkage keys in the hospital morbidity data
      3. Unique keys in the linked database
      4. Summary
    5. Validation of linkages using other variables
      1. Mode of separation from hospital
      2. Place of assessment for residential aged care admissions
      3. Marital status
      4. Summary
    6. Results for Western Australia, South Australia and Tasmania 
      1. Unique linkage keys in the unlinked data
      2. Unique linkage keys in the linked data.
      3. Validation
      4. Summary
    7. Analytical potential: examples
      1. General client characteristics
      2. Length of stay in hospital
      3. Diagnoses
      4. Costs
      5. Examining particular issues: an example
      6. Possible future analyses
    8. Data development 
      1. Mode of separation (hospital)
      2. Accommodation setting prior to admission to residential aged care
      3. Other developments
    9. Future directions 
      1. Next steps - short term.
      2. Next steps - longer term
  • End Matter
    • Appendix
      • Appendix 1 Additional tables for New South Wales/Australian Capital Territory 
        1. Additional tables
        2. Preliminary tables including same day hospital separations
      • Appendix 2 Tables for Western Australia 
      • Appendix 3 Tables for South Australia 
      • Appendix 4 Tables for Tasmania 
      • Appendix 5 The data 
        1. Hospital morbidity data
        2. Residential aged care data
    • Glossary 
    • Reference