Australian Aboriginal children have higher hospitalization rates for otitis media but lower surgical procedures than non-Aboriginal children: A record linkage population-based cohort study

• Darren W. Westphal ,

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

  * E-mail: Darren.westphal@health.wa.gov.au

  Current address: Western Australia Department of Health, East Perth, Western Australia, Australia

  Affiliations Wesfarmers Centre for Vaccines and Infectious Diseases, Telethon Kids Institute, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia, National Centre for Epidemiology & Population Health, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0709-556X

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• Deborah Lehmann,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Wesfarmers Centre for Vaccines and Infectious Diseases, Telethon Kids Institute, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

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• Stephanie A. Williams,

  Roles Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation National Centre for Epidemiology & Population Health, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

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• Peter C. Richmond,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Wesfarmers Centre for Vaccines and Infectious Diseases, Telethon Kids Institute, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia, Division of Paediatrics, School of Medicine, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

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• Francis J. Lannigan,

  Roles Conceptualization, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Division of Surgery, Paediatrics and Child Health, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia, Sidra Medicine, Doha, Qatar

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• Parveen Fathima,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Wesfarmers Centre for Vaccines and Infectious Diseases, Telethon Kids Institute, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

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• Christopher C. Blyth,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Wesfarmers Centre for Vaccines and Infectious Diseases, Telethon Kids Institute, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia, Division of Paediatrics, School of Medicine, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia, Department of Infectious Diseases, Perth Children’s Hospital, Perth, Western Australia, Australia, Department of Microbiology, PathWest Laboratory Medicine, QEII Medical Centre, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

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• Hannah C. Moore

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Wesfarmers Centre for Vaccines and Infectious Diseases, Telethon Kids Institute, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

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