
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Roberts, Christine 
A1  - Algert, Charles 
T1  - Antenatal transfer of rural women: the NSW Inpatient Statistics Collection compare with an audit of hospital records?
JF  - Australian Health Review
JO  - Aust. Health Review
Y1  - 2000
VL  - 23
IS  - 3
SP  - 78
EP  - 82
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/AH000078 
N2  - The aim of this study was to determine whether the NSW Inpatient Statistics Collection (ISC), a census of hospitaladmissions, could be used to estimate the magnitude of, and reasons for, antenatal transfer of rural women. Data fromthe ISC were compared with results of a clinical audit of all antenatal admissions of rural women to perinatal centresin NSW during 1997-1998. While the overall number of perinatal centre admissions identified by the ISC and theaudit were similar, the ISC identified only about 70% of antenatal transfers. Rural hospitals identified 12% ofwomen as indigenous compared with 9% at perinatal centres. The ISC showed 28% of rural women admissions and42% of transfers were for threatened preterm labour compared with 21% and 30% respectively from the audit. 
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