Eligibility and exclusion criteria for first-ever cardiovascular disease
| Eligible | Exclusion criteria |
| Had a hospital admission at a public or private Queensland hospital with an ICD-10-AM, or earlier coding equivalent, cardiovascular diagnosis (principal or other) of IHD, CHF, stroke, ARF or RHD during 1 July 2010 and 30 June 2016 | Not a Queensland resident at the index hospitalisation; has a hospital admission record in the 5 years prior to the index hospitalisation related to any of the five cardiac diseases (IHD, CHF, Stroke, ARF and RHD). |
ARF, acute rheumatic fever; CHF, congestive heart failure; ICD-10-AM, International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, Tenth Revision, Australian Modification; IHD, ischaemic heart disease; RHD, rheumatic heart disease.