Australian Health Review

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Policy Reflections on digital health	21
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Did the coronavirus vaccination program in a rural and regional area work? Health outcomes of the vaccination program in Wide Bay	20
It is time to stop blaming the pandemic	20
Geospatial distribution of tertiary hospitals across Australian cities	16
A whole-of-community program of advance care planning for end-of-life care	16
Cognitive impairment in older hospital inpatients: prevalence, care needs and carer perceptions	15
Should Australian laws regulating embryo research be reformed? A call for commonwealth review	15
Actual and projected gaps in the provision of residential aged care in New South Wales, Australia	15
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Outlier or handover: outcomes for General Medicine inpatients	13
Chronic diseases and their behavioural risk factors among South Asian immigrants in Australia	13
Development of a novel and more holistic approach for assessing impact in health and medical research: the Research Impact Assessment Framework	13
Federated health system governance in the post-COVID-19 era	13
Sociodemographic and clinical factors affecting advance care planning: results from a large community cohort in New South Wales, Australia	13
Enhancing person-centred care and access to primary care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples	11
Translational research in Australian mental health policy: a scoping review	11
Reforming allied health service provision in residential aged care to improve the rehabilitation reach: a feasibility study	11
COVID-19 revisited – is a national pandemic plan possible?	11
Corrigendum to: A survey of Australian public opinion on using comorbidity to triage intensive care patients in a pandemic	11
Do Australian state and territory cancer plans include survivorship-related objectives and propose quality survivorship outcomes and measures?	11
Exploring interdisciplinary communication pathways for escalating pre-medical emergency team deterioration: a mixed-methods study	11
Exploring the unique value of clinician scientist roles to the health services in which they are employed: a scoping review	10
Data linkage for healthcare research: basics and important considerations	10
Effect of comorbidities on inpatient rehabilitation outcomes following non-traumatic lower limb amputations in Australia and New Zealand	10

Higher fees and out-of-pocket costs in radiotherapy point to a need for funding reform	9
Overtime claiming among Australian doctors-in-training	9
Lessons from the ‘legitimate’ misuse of Medicare Benefits Schedule Item 45503	9
Clinical documentation requirements for the accurate coding of hospital-acquired urinary tract infections in Australia	9
Feasibility of an allied health led, workplace delivered Long COVID service for hospital staff: a mixed-methods study	8
Taking a value based commissioning approach to non-clinical and clinical support services	8
Risk of hospital admission or emergency department presentation due to diabetes complications: a retrospective cohort study in Tasmania, Australia	8
<i>Corrigendum to</i>: Out-of-pocket payments: impacts on healthcare decision-making and system and individual level measures to minimise the burden	8
Worsening psychological wellbeing of Australian hospital clinical staff during three waves of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic	7
<i>Corrigendum to</i>: Survey of paediatric telehealth benefits from the caregiver perspective	7
Changes in paediatric Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions in Victoria, 2018–20: the COVID-19 effect?	7
Physiotherapy-led lung ultrasound in acute cardiorespiratory physiotherapy	7
Paying for value: options for value-based payment reform in Australia	7
Workforce training needs to address social and emotional wellbeing in home-based Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander aged care	7
What factors affect the recruitment and retention of allied health professionals working in hospitals? A systematic literature review	7
Identifying opportunities to optimise the electronic medical record for allied health professionals: a concept mapping study	7
Consumer involvement in health service research: a cross-sectional survey of staff in an Australian public hospital and health service	7
The role of private hospitals in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic – focus on digital health	6
Corrigendum to: Variation in direct healthcare costs to the health system by residents living in long-term care facilities: a Registry of Senior Australians study	6
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Is HealthPathways viewed as a useful and trustworthy source of information by health professionals?	6
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A ‘True North Statement for Care’: charting the course to better care for all Australians	6
Telehealth sustainability after COVID-19 – can you see me by video?	5
A guide to using measures of socio-economic status, remoteness and population denominators from the Australian Bureau of Statistics for epidemiological studies	5
Australian health service organisation assessment outcome data for the first 2 years of implementing the Comprehensive Care Standard	5
Mapping service standards and guidelines to support accreditation processes – a case study of a collaborative effort worth replicating	5
Healthcare costs of investigations for stillbirth from a population-based study in Australia	5
Factors associated with Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee decisions for listing medicines for diabetes and its associated complications	5
Evaluation of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Outpatient Clinic: a mixed-methods study	5
Health policy evaluation in rural and remote Australia: a qualitative exploration and lessons from the Northern Territory	5
Lived Experience Advisor Program initiative: harnessing consumer leadership for best care	5
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Is cost a barrier to general practice for Australians with mental illness?	4
Riding the waves: lessons learnt from Victoria’s COVID-19 pandemic response for maintaining effective allied health student education and clinical placements	4
Physiotherapy-led bronchoscopy in the ICU	4
Cost-effectiveness of the Victorian Stroke Telemedicine program	4
Who needs, receives and misses out on palliative and end-of-life care? A population-based study to identify needs and gaps in a regional health service	4
Clinician perspectives on rapid transition to telehealth during COVID-19 in Australia – a qualitative study	4
Promoting access to voluntary assisted dying: an interpretivist exploratory study of health services in Queensland, Australia	4
Emergency clinician perceptions of patients who present frequently to the emergency department: a snapshot of current practice	4
The role of Medicare policy in fertility treatment decisions: perceptions of Australians considering, undertaking or who have undertaken medically assisted reproduction treatment	4
Evaluating the research capacity and culture of an urban Mental Health and Wellbeing Program	4
Driving value-based healthcare through a new vision for Queensland’s health system	3
Trajectories of hospital service use in the last 12 months of life by people with chronic kidney disease: a retrospective cohort study	3
We have to set the bar higher: towards consumer leadership, beyond engagement or involvement	3
Perceived benefits of accessing a children’s sensory garden in a healthcare setting	3
Racism complaints in the Australian health system: an overview of existing approaches and some recommendations	3
Evaluating the weighting of extracurricular involvement in standardised curriculum vitae scoring criteria for entrance into Australian medical and surgical speciality training programs	3

Making good on the promise of genomics in healthcare: the NSW Health perspective	3
From integrated care to value-based healthcare in New South Wales	3
Strengths and risks of the Primary Health Network commissioning model	3
An analysis of legislation and policies that guide maternity leave decision making in Australian midwifery students	3
The profile, clinical characteristics, and outcomes of alcohol- and non-alcohol-related patient presentations to Queensland emergency departments: a multi-site observational study	3
External validation of the Health Care Homes hospital admission risk stratification tool in the Aboriginal Australian population of the Northern Territory	3
Corrigendum to: Measuring clinician experience in value-based health care initiatives: a 10-item core clinician experience measure	3
Adapting to change: exploring perceptions and demands of the coronavirus (COVID-19) workforce changes – an Australian multi-institutional radiation oncology survey	3
Incidence of adverse incidents in residential aged care	3
The Clinical Trials Assistance Pilot: reducing the financial burden of cancer clinical trials for patients in regional New South Wales	3
Virtual visiting in the intensive care unit: implementation, utilisation and provider acceptance in an Australian metropolitan health service	3
Projecting the future: modelling Australian dialysis prevalence 2021–30	3
General practice experiences of Australia’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout: lessons for primary care reform	3
Challenges for mental health planning in Australia	3
Effect and illustrative costs of downscheduling on government subsidised dispensings of triptans in Australia: a 10-year analysis	3
Accurate calculations of out-of-pocket costs for mental healthcare consultations	3
Cost and economic determinants of paediatric tonsillectomy	3
The financial implications of investigating false-positive and true-positive mammograms in a national breast cancer screening program	3
Scope of practice regulation in medicine: balancing patient safety, access to care and professional autonomy	3
An undignified disaster reality for Australians with disability	3
Assessing the value of online palliative care information	3
The carbon footprint of total knee replacements	3
If not now, when? Implementation failure of a rights- and value-based policy agenda for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health	3
Patient and family complaints concerning nursing and midwifery care: applying a taxonomy to classify and analyse consumer complaints	3
Health systems model for chronic disease secondary prevention in rural and remote areas – Chronic disease: Road to health	3
The effect of dietitian universal nutrition assessment and malnutrition documentation on patient nutritional care and revenue in an acute care hospital	3
Understanding consumer preference for vascular access safety and quality measurement: an international survey	3
Re-admission following discharge from a Geriatric Evaluation and Management Unit: identification of risk factors	3
Client and staff perspectives regarding effective work injury rehabilitation	3
Pattern of hospital admissions and costs associated with acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease in Australia, 2012–2017	3
Time to analgesia for musculoskeletal presentations in Tasmanian emergency departments: a case-controlled comparative observational study investigating the impact of advanced practice physiotherapists	3
Pandemic planning: data, information and evidence	3
Mandatory and statutory compliance screening for undergraduate nursing students in Australia: a review of compliance requirements	3
Editorial	3
Inappropriate antibiotic prescribing: understanding clinicians’ perceptions to enable changes in prescribing practices	3
Government-subsidised mental health services are underused in Australian residential aged care facilities	2
Physicians’ legal duty to disclose more cost-effective treatment options: an examination of Australian civil law applied to personal importation	2
COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy, acceptance and informational needs in an Australian cancer population: a cross-sectional survey	2
Experiences of allied health clinicians and tertiary educators working in and teaching palliative care – a qualitative study	2
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Review of Australia’s funding commitments for suicide prevention from 2021–22 to 2026–27	2
Exploring equity of care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples within the state-wide Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy Screening Clinic and Multi-disciplinary Service in Queensland Health	2
Measuring clinician experience in value-based healthcare initiatives: a 10-item core clinician experience measure	2
Examining the workplace rights of mental health consumer workers	2
Change in costs to funders of maternity care over time: an analysis of Queensland births	2
Partnering with consumers and practising clinicians to establish research priorities for public hospital maternity services	2
Perceptions of service quality in Victorian public dental clinics using Google patient reviews	2
It’s time to end the cycle of panic and neglect – why we need a pandemic treaty and investment in vaccine research	2
Rheumatic heart disease 2025 – current status and future challenges	2
Optimising emergency department and acute care for people experiencing mental health problems: a nominal group study	2
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Evaluating the impact of junior doctors in quality improvement – a 10-year review	2
The unfulfilled promises of electronic health records	2
Integrating virtual models of care through infrastructure innovation in healthcare facility design	2
Worsening general health and psychosocial wellbeing of Australian hospital allied health practitioners during the COVID-19 pandemic	2
Hospital visiting hours – do they need to be revised?	2
Digital health and precision prevention: shifting from disease-centred care to consumer-centred health	2
Influence of nurses in the implementation of artificial intelligence in health care: a scoping review	2
Impacts of eHealth on hospitals: an updated narrative review of systematic reviews	2
The development and implementation of the Northern Health lung cancer digital care pathway: a case study in service change	2
Healthcare resource utilisation and predictors for critical care unit admissions after primary bariatric surgery in an Australian public hospital setting: an exploratory study using a mixed-methods ap	2
Costs of major complications in people with and without diabetes in Tasmania, Australia	2
Predicting hospital bed utilisation for post-surgical care by means of the Monte Carlo method with historical data	2
Potential therapeutic value of new drugs approved in Australia: a retrospective cohort study	2
The treatment gap for deep brain stimulation in Parkinson’s disease: a comparative analysis of cost and utilisation in high-income countries	2
Establishing a ‘Virtual’ model of emergency care in Melbourne’s southeast	2
Comparison of patient responses to telehealth satisfaction surveys in rural and urban populations in Queensland	2
Environmental, Social and Governance principles in Australian publicly funded healthcare: an extension of value-based care	2
<i>Corrigendum to</i>: Is Australia&#x2019;s lack of national clinical leadership hampering efforts with the oral health policy agenda?	2
Navigating the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme: federal versus state government funding for high-cost medicines – a problem for public hospitals	2
Effect of a state hospital formulary on medicines utilisation in Australia	2
Government-supported clinical knowledge and information resource portals are key to ensuring quality, safe health care and evidence-based practice – the Australian context	2
Creating a framework for change: transitioning to value-based healthcare in Queensland	2
Hospitalisations and emergency department presentations by older individuals accessing long-term aged care in Australia	2
Accuracy of medication allergy documentation in My Health Record after severe adverse drug reactions	2
Considering the new minimum staffing standards for Australian residential aged care	2
Communication as a clinical skill: a challenge in the delivery of safe and effective patient care	2
What are the cost and resource implications of voluntary assisted dying and euthanasia?	2
Persistent opioid use after hospital discharge in Australia: a systematic review	2
A survey of Australian public opinion on using comorbidity to triage intensive care patients in a pandemic	2

Qualitative exploration of Australian Muslim patients’ perceptions and experiences surrounding medication management during Ramadan	2
Telehealth, care access and workforce – are the stars finally aligning?	2
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Digital health to support primary care provision during a global pandemic	2
Paramedic to general practitioner referral pathways within Australian jurisdictional ambulance clinical practice guidelines: a document analysis	2
State- and territory-based differences that impede the establishment of a harmonised national registry	2
Clinical concern and the deteriorating patient: a review of rapid response 2018–20	2
Australian sonographers – sound policy for progress?	2
Prevalence and characteristics of potentially avoidable unplanned readmissions: a retrospective cohort study	2
A pilot model of care to achieve next-day discharge in patients undergoing hip and knee arthroplasty in an Australian public hospital setting	2
Addressing the end-of-life actions in the National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards (2nd edn): a national survey	1
Recent trends in pirfenidone and nintedanib use for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis in Australia	1
The role of law in end-of-life decision-making in emergency departments and intensive care units: a retrospective review of current practice in a Queensland health service	1
Enhancing digital healthcare: aligning Australia’s digital health strategies with value-based healthcare principles	1
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Improving inpatient mental health nurses practice through the use of a standardised instrument	1
Use and cost of Medicare Benefits Schedule and Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme services following inpatient rehabilitation for acquired disability in Australia	1
Emerging health and social policy considerations for safe and quality end-of-life care in Australia – the evidence, gaps and challenges	1
Out-of-pocket payments: impacts on healthcare decision-making and system and individual level measures to minimise the burden	1
Nurse job task analysis: a profile of medical and surgical nursing activities	1
What’s in a name? Why the proposed title change for podiatric surgeons is a step backward	1
Creating COVID-19 surge capacity at an elective surgical centre: a model for perioperative care	1
What would it take to improve the uptake and utilisation of mHealth applications among older Australians? A qualitative study	1
Delivering complex surgical services: lessons learned from the evolution of a specialised pelvic exenteration centre	1
Comparison of the quality of documentation between electronic and paper medical records in orthopaedic trauma patients	1
Medicare reimbursed telehealth exercise physiology services were underutilised through the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic: an ecological study	1
General practice accreditation – does time spent on-site matter?	1
Experience of primary caregivers in utilising an mHealth application for remote dental screening in preschool children	1
A digitally enabled health workforce for Australia	1
Response to ‘A collaborative approach to support people with a disability living in Australian group homes during the COVID-19 pandemic: a case study’	1
Evaluating patient experience and healthcare utilisation in cytoreductive surgery and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy	1
Standardising workforce cost estimates across Australian jurisdictions: genomic testing as a use case	1
Intensive care utilisation after elective surgery in Australia and New Zealand: getting the balance right	1
Editorial	1
Leveraging existing data to improve antimicrobial resistance-related mortality estimates for Australia	1
A framework for de-identification of free-text data in electronic medical records enabling secondary use	1
An illustrative guide to a Policy Lab model: contributing to evidence-informed policies for digital technology in youth mental health care	1
Evaluation of virtual accreditation of medical specialist training sites for ophthalmology in Australia and New Zealand during the COVID-19 pandemic	1
Increase in telemental health services on the Medicare Benefits Schedule after the start of the coronavirus pandemic: data from 2019 to 2021	1
The typing is on the wall: Australia’s healthcare future needs a digitally capable workforce	1
The burdensome logistics of data linkage in Australia – the example of a national registry for congenital heart disease	1
A conceptual framework to support hospitals to measure and realise financial benefits from process improvement programs: perspectives from Australia, USA and UK	1
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on access and use of health services by middle-aged and older Australians	1
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Referral reasons to a Victorian mental health triage service for individuals living with young-onset dementia	1
Adherence to antimicrobial prophylaxis guidelines in cardiac implantable electronic device procedures in two Australian teaching hospitals	1
Private car travel is the dominant form of transport to work for healthcare workers across Greater Western Sydney: a short report on a large travel survey	1
The impact of standardised goals of care documentation on the use of cardiopulmonary resuscitation, mechanical ventilation, and intensive care unit admissions in older patients: a retrospective observ	1
Experiences and learnings from developing and implementing a co-designed value-based healthcare framework within Victorian public oral health sector	1
Improving dementia and palliative care through the co-design of an integrated model of care	1
Exploring palliative care practice and learning needs of allied health professionals in the Loddon Mallee region of Victoria: a cross-sectional survey	1
Development of the ‘AusPROM’ recommendations for elective surgery patients	1
Hospital staff perspectives on the cost and efficiency of peripheral intravenous catheter use: a case study from three Australian hospitals	1
Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) Review Advisory Committee post-implementation review of MBS telehealth items: abolition of initial telehealth consultations for non-general practitioner specialists	1
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Can I record this? A scoping review of Australian hospital policies governing consultation recording	1
Comparison of a visiting subspecialist ophthalmology service to Royal Darwin Hospital with interstate transfers: costs and clinical outcomes of treatment	1
Leading innovation in transdisciplinary care	1
<i>Corrigendum to</i>: Evolution of non-fatal burden estimates for cardiovascular disease in Australia: a comparison of national and state-wide methodology of burden of disease	1
Association between COVID-19 restrictions and emergency department presentations for paediatric mental health in Victoria, Australia	1
The incidence of personal importation of prescription medicines among Australians 45 and older: a cross-sectional survey	1
Outcomes of rapid digital transformation of large-scale communications during the COVID-19 pandemic	1
Models of care for voluntary assisted dying: a qualitative study of Queensland’s approach in its first year of operation	1
Survey of intensive care unit staff views on a newly introduced reusable isolation gown	1
Marked variations in medical provider and out-of-pocket costs for radical prostatectomy procedures in Australia	1
How the experience of different non-acute bed-based mental health services reinforces the need for tailored stepped care	1
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Artificial intelligence medical scribes in allied health: a solution in search of evidence?	1
Trends in retention and attrition in nine regulated health professions in Australia	1
Questionable evidence and argumentation regarding alleged misuse of Medicare	1
The impact of management option on out-of-pocket costs and perceived financial burden among men with localised prostate cancer in Australia within 6 months of diagnosis	1
Mental health reform: where are we in 2024?	1
Discharge summary medication list accuracy across five metropolitan hospitals: a retrospective medical record audit	1
Implementing recovery-oriented practice in older people’s mental health services: the NSW experience	1
Patients’ reasons for leaving an emergency department without being seen: results from a survey-based cohort study during the COVID-19 pandemic	1
Oral health services provided for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in Australia: a scoping review	1
The contribution of rural primary health care to the coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination program	1
Comparison of systems thinking and perceptions and attitudes regarding interprofessional collaborative practice across professional groups in a large public health service	1
Use of priority and provisional approval pathways by the Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration in approving new medicines: a cross-sectional study	1
Implementation of an organisational wide approach to improving policy documents using plain language: a case study	1
Preferences of parents for mental health services to suit children with chronic medical conditions	1
Digital dashboards: a speech pathology case study	1
Evaluating anti-bullying training in surgery: surgeons’ perceptions from Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand	1
Addressing unnecessary and avoidable transfers from residential aged care to emergency departments and hospitals	1
Are we doing it right? We need to evaluate the current approaches for implementation of digital health systems	1
The creation of Grampians Health – a case study focusing on lessons learned from a health service merger	1
Obstacles in establishing a national disease registry in Australia: lessons from the development of the CHAANZ Congenital Heart Disease Registry	1
Leading through a pandemic	1
Multi-parametric magnetic resonance imaging of the prostate in Victoria, Australia; unintended consequences of changing Medicare Benefits Schedule access	1
Assessing the research capacity and culture of allied health workforce in a national private healthcare organisation	1
Paying the price – out-of-pocket payments for mental health care in Australia	1
Development and implementation of the Specialist Palliative Care in Aged Care Project across Queensland	1
External validation and comparative analysis of the HOSPITAL score and LACE index for predicting readmissions among patients hospitalised with community-acquired pneumonia in Australia	1
Placement poverty has major implications for the future health and education workforce: a cross-sectional survey	1