The temporospatial epidemiology of rheumatic heart disease in Far North Queensland, tropical Australia 1997–2017; impact of socioeconomic status on disease burden, severity and access to care

• Katherine Kang,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, Cairns Hospital, Cairns, Queensland, Australia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5288-0159

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• Ken W. T. Chau,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, Cairns Hospital, Cairns, Queensland, Australia

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• Erin Howell,

  Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Rheumatic Heart Disease Program, Tropical Public Health Unit, Cairns, Queensland, Australia

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• Mellise Anderson,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Rheumatic Heart Disease Program, Tropical Public Health Unit, Cairns, Queensland, Australia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4706-6309

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• Simon Smith,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, Cairns Hospital, Cairns, Queensland, Australia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7770-3738

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• Tania J. Davis,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Cairns Hospital, Cairns, Queensland, Australia

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• Greg Starmer,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Cairns Hospital, Cairns, Queensland, Australia

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• Josh Hanson

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: jhanson@kirby.unsw.edu.au

  Affiliations Department of Medicine, Cairns Hospital, Cairns, Queensland, Australia, Kirby Institute, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1423-3839

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