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2018

Information in referrals to public outpatient specialist clinics for back pain: audit results and consensus recommendations

Lauren Ross, Adam de Gruchy, Uyen M Phan, Matthew Warrender-Sparkes, Ian P Wicks and John HY Moi

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (11): 498 Free

Out-of-pocket medical expenses for Queenslanders with a major cancer

Louisa G Gordon, Thomas M Elliott, Catherine M Olsen, Nirmala Pandeya and David C Whiteman

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (11): 497 Free

A nurse-led model at public academic hospitals maintains high adherence to colorectal cancer surveillance guidelines

Erin L Symonds, Kalindra Simpson, Michelle Coats, Angela Chaplin, Karen Saxty, Jayne Sandford, Graeme P Young AM, Charles Cock, Robert Fraser and Peter A Bampton

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (11): 492-496 Free

Clustered domestic residential aged care in Australia: fewer hospitalisations and better quality of life

Suzanne M Dyer, Enwu Liu, Emmanuel S Gnanamanickam, Rachel Milte, Tiffany Easton, Stephanie L Harrison, Clare E Bradley, Julie Ratcliffe and Maria Crotty

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (10): 433-438 Free

Mortality among middle-aged Australians, 1960–2010: implications for prevention policy

Andrea J Curtis, Richard Ofori-Asenso, Manoj Gambhir and John J McNeil

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (10): 444-445 Free

Gluten in “gluten-free” food from food outlets in Melbourne: a cross-sectional study

Emma P Halmos, Catherine A Di Bella, Russell Webster, Minfeng Deng and Jason A Tye-Din

Med J Aust 2018; 209 (1): 1 Free

Active surveillance of men with low risk prostate cancer: evidence from the Prostate Cancer Outcomes Registry–Victoria

Melanie A Evans, Jeremy L Millar, Arul Earnest, Mark Frydenberg, Ian D Davis, Declan G Murphy, Paul Aidan Kearns and Sue M Evans

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (10): 439-443 Free

Psychological distress in remote mining and construction workers in Australia

Jennifer Bowers, Johnny Lo, Peta Miller, Daveena Mawren and Brooklyn Jones

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (9): 391-397 Free

RedUSe: reducing antipsychotic and benzodiazepine prescribing in residential aged care facilities

Juanita L Westbury, Peter Gee, Tristan Ling, Donnamay T Brown, Katherine H Franks, Ivan Bindoff, Aidan Bindoff and Gregory M Peterson

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (9): 398-403 Free

Effects of post-discharge management on rates of early re-admission and death after hospitalisation for heart failure

Quan Huynh, Kazuaki Negishi, Carmine De Pasquale, James Hare, Dominic Leung, Tony Stanton and Thomas H Marwick

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (11): 485-491 Free

Increasing rates of anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction in young Australians, 2000–2015

David Zbrojkiewicz, Christopher Vertullo and Jane E Grayson

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (8): 354-358 Free

Paediatric mental and physical health presentations to emergency departments, Victoria, 2008–15

Harriet Hiscock, Rachel J Neely, Shaoke Lei and Gary Freed

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (8): 343-348 Free

Presentations to NSW emergency departments with self-harm, suicidal ideation, or intentional poisoning, 2010–2014

Jayashanki Perera, Timothy Wand, Kendall J Bein, Dane Chalkley, Rebecca Ivers, Katharine S Steinbeck, Robyn Shields and Michael M Dinh

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (8): 348-353 Free

Damp housing, gas stoves, and the burden of childhood asthma in Australia

Luke D Knibbs, Solomon Woldeyohannes, Guy B Marks and Christine T Cowie

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (7): 299-302 Free

Rheumatic heart disease in Timor-Leste school students: an echocardiography-based prevalence study

Kimberly Davis, Bo Remenyi, Anthony DK Draper, Januario Dos Santos, Noel Bayley, Elizabeth Paratz, Benjamin Reeves, Alan Appelbe, Andrew Cochrane, Timothy D Johnson, Laura M Korte, Ivonia M Do Rosario, Inez T Da Silva Almeida, Kathryn V Roberts, Jonathan R Carapetis and Joshua R Francis

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (7): 303-307 Free

Health burden associated with fire smoke in Sydney, 2001–2013

Joshua A Horsley, Richard A Broome, Fay H Johnston, Martin Cope and Geoffrey G Morgan

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (7): 309-310 Free

Paediatric injuries during the Australian Junior Motocross Championship treated at a rural centre

Sowmya Prabhakaran, Andrew W Silagy, Nicole A Campbell, Paul V Flanagan and Ian A Campbell

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (6): 270 Free

Drowning deaths in Australia caused by hypoxic blackout, 2002–2015

Richard C Franklin, Amy E Peden and John H Pearn

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (6): 271 Free

Sports injuries in Victoria, 2012–13 to 2014–15: evidence from emergency department records

D Tharanga Fernando, Janneke Berecki-Gisolf and Caroline F Finch

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (6): 255-260 Free

Changing trends in the incidence of invasive melanoma in Victoria, 1985–2015

David J Curchin, Victoria R Harris, Christopher J McCormack and Saxon D Smith

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (6): 265-269 Free

Traumatic cricket-related fatalities in Australia: a historical review of media reports

Peter Brukner, Thomas J Gara and Lauren V Fortington

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (6): 261-264 Free

Obstructive airway disease in 46–65-year-old people in Busselton, Western Australia, 1966–2015

Arthur (Bill) Musk, Michael Hunter, Jennie Hui, Matthew W Knuiman, Mark Divitini, John P Beilby and Alan James

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (5): 209-213 Free

Angioedema in Australia: hospital admission rates and fatalities, 2000–2013

Raymond J Mullins, Brynn K Wainstein, Elizabeth H Barnes and Dianne E Campbell

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (7): 308 Free

The efficacy of medical student selection tools in Australia and New Zealand

Boaz Shulruf, Warwick Bagg, Mathew Begun, Margaret Hay, Irene Lichtwark, Allison Turnock, Emma Warnecke, Timothy J Wilkinson and Phillippa J Poole

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (5): 214-218 Free

Characteristics of people attending psychiatric clinics in inner Sydney homeless hostels

Olav B Nielssen, William Stone, Naidene M Jones, Sarah Challis, Amelia Nielssen, Gordon Elliott, Nicholas Burns, Astrid Rogoz, Lucy E Cooper and Matthew M Large

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (4): 169-173 Free