For single jurisdiction enquiries:

Data Linkage Services Western Australia

Client Services

Email: DataServ@health.wa.gov.au

Approvals required for access

Data Custodian and if necessary, Data Steward

Approvals required for publication

Depends on contentious nature of data requested. General rule is that Articles or reports published reporting on data from this dataset should be approved by the data custodian prior to publication.

Acknowledgement Statement

Acknowledging Data Linkage Services, Department of Health WA and other data collections in publications is part of the Department of Health’s Access and Charging Policy and undertakings signed to by Principal Investigators. The acknowledgement will vary according to the individual project. Examples are available at https://www.health.wa.gov.au/Articles/A_E/data-linkage/How-to-apply-for-data/Publishing-WA-health-system-data

Data Linkage Services also encourages Data Applicants to acknowledge the people of Western Australia, whose data is being used for these projects.