Hospital admission rates and related outcomes among adult Aboriginal australians with bronchiectasis - a ten-year retrospective cohort study.

"Declarations Ethics approval and consent to participateThis study was approved by the Human Research Ethics governance/committee of the Top End Health Service (TEHS), Northern Territory (NT) and Menzies School of Health Research (Reference: HREC; 2019–3547). Individual patient consent was not required, as it was a retrospective study and no active interventions were undertaken and the need for individual consent was waived by the Human Research Ethics governance/committee of the TEHS, NT and Menzies School of Health Research. Consent for publicationNot applicable. Competing interestsNil. Competing interestsThe authors declare no competing interests. Competing interests Nil. Competing interests The authors declare no competing interests."

"Funding This work was supported by the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand (TSANZ) Robert Pierce Grant-In-Aid for Indigenous Lung Health. The TSANZ did not have any role in the study design, data collection, analysis, or interpretation."