List members may be interested in obtaining a copy of the following report
An audit of ethnic monitoring. West Midlands Regional Hospital Episode
Statistics
April - September 1995.
Published by the Department of Public Health and Epidemiology, University
of Birmingham. 1998.
I have several summary documents for anyone who is interested.
Also, I apologize for simply quoting our own research, but it may help
those interested in this area to note what is happening in oral health, HES
data and ethnic variations.
Gilthorpe MS, Wilson RC, Bedi R. Introduction of socio-demograhpic
information to oral surgery hospital inpatient data - an exploratory study
of a Regional Health Authority service, 1989-1994. British Journal of
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 1997; 35: 323-327.
Gilthorpe MS, Bedi R. An exploratory study combining hospital episode
statistics with socio-demographic variables, to examine the access and
utilisation of hospital oral surgery services. Community Dental Health
1997; 14 : 209-213.
Gilthorpe MS, Lay-Yee R, Wilson RC, Walters S, Griffiths RK, Bedi R.
Variations in hospitalisation rates for asthma amongst black and minority
ethnic communities. Respiratory Medicine 1998; 92: 642-648
Gilthorpe MS, Wilson RC, Moles DR, Bedi R. Variations in admissions to
hospital for head injury and assault to the head - part 1:age and gender.
British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 1999; 37: 294-300.
Moles DR, Gilthorpe MS, Wilson RC, Bedi R. Variations in admissions to
hospital for head injury and assaults to the head - part 2: ethnic group.
British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial
Surgery 1999; 37: 301-308.
BW
Raman Bedi
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