AcceSS and Equity in Transplantation (ASSET) New Zealand: Protocol for population-wide data linkage platform to investigate equity in access to kidney failure health services in New Zealand

• Rachel B. Cutting ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Rachel B. Cutting, Angela C. Webster, Nicholas B. Cross, Nicole L. De La Mata

  Roles Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: rachel.cutting@sydney.edu.au

  Affiliation Sydney School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1071-0511

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• Angela C. Webster ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Rachel B. Cutting, Angela C. Webster, Nicholas B. Cross, Nicole L. De La Mata

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Sydney School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia, National Health and Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Centre, University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia, Westmead Applied Research Centre, Westmead Hospital, Westmead, NSW, Australia

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• Nicholas B. Cross ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Rachel B. Cutting, Angela C. Webster, Nicholas B. Cross, Nicole L. De La Mata

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Canterbury District Health Board, Christchurch Hospital, Christchurch, New Zealand

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• Heather Dunckley ,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ HD, BB, ID, JI, CW, MJ, MW, PJK and KW also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation New Zealand Transplantation and Immunogenetics Laboratory, New Zealand Blood Service, Auckland, New Zealand

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• Ben Beaglehole ,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ HD, BB, ID, JI, CW, MJ, MW, PJK and KW also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand

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• Ian Dittmer ,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ HD, BB, ID, JI, CW, MJ, MW, PJK and KW also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Auckland City Hospital, Auckland District Hospital Board, Auckland, New Zealand

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• John Irvine ,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ HD, BB, ID, JI, CW, MJ, MW, PJK and KW also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Canterbury District Health Board, Christchurch Hospital, Christchurch, New Zealand

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• Curtis Walker ,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ HD, BB, ID, JI, CW, MJ, MW, PJK and KW also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Internal Medicine, Medical Council of New Zealand, Mid Central District Health Board, Wellington, New Zealand

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• Merryn Jones ,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ HD, BB, ID, JI, CW, MJ, MW, PJK and KW also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Renal Services, Ballantyne House, Hawke’s Bay District Health Board, Hastings, New Zealand

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• Melanie Wyld ,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ HD, BB, ID, JI, CW, MJ, MW, PJK and KW also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliations Sydney School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia, Westmead Applied Research Centre, Westmead Hospital, Westmead, NSW, Australia

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• Patrick J. Kelly ,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ HD, BB, ID, JI, CW, MJ, MW, PJK and KW also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Sydney School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia

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• Kate Wyburn ,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ HD, BB, ID, JI, CW, MJ, MW, PJK and KW also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliations Sydney School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia, Renal Unit, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney Local Health District, Camperdown, NSW, Australia

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• Nicole L. De La Mata

  Contributed equally to this work with: Rachel B. Cutting, Angela C. Webster, Nicholas B. Cross, Nicole L. De La Mata

  Roles Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Sydney School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7739-3656

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