Getting Better Evidence For Population Health Policy And Practice Using Data Linkage: Improving Health Outcomes For Indigenous And Disadvantaged Australians.
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$452,051.00
Summary
This Fellowship will use new capability in data linkage in SA and the NT to understand the impact of new policy on the health of the population, making better use of existing routinely collected data in health, education and family services.
The overall aim is to improve treatments and outcomes for people with osteoporosis. This will be achieved by better predicting those who are likely to fracture and subsequently those who do well post fracture from those who do poorly. Following an osteoporotic fracture there is an increased risk of re- fracture and of premature death. This research will define those risk factors for fracture, re-fracture and early death in a large group of men and women followed for over 20 years.