The outcome of critically ill Indigenous patients
The Medical Journal of AustraliaPublished 1 May 2006
Kwok M. Ho, Judith Finn, Geoffrey Dobb, S. A. R. Webb
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Abstract
The pattern of critical illness affecting Indigenous Australians in Western Australia was different from that affecting non-Indigenous patients. The crude hospital mortality was high, but similar to that of non-Indigenous Australians after adjusting for severity of illness and chronic health status.
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