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Impact of the 2025 New South Wales Respiratory Syncytial Virus Prevention Program on Infant Notifications and Hospitalisations: A Population-Based Analysis

Janaki Amin, Sally L. Ellis, Christopher Lambeth, Jessica Gugusheff, Christine Selvey

Med J Aust 2026; 224 (6): Open Access

Impact of Prescription Drug Monitoring Program Implementation on Rates and Characteristics of People Seeing Multiple Prescribers in Primary Care: A Controlled Interrupted Time-Series Analysis

Louisa Picco, Monica Jung, Grant Russell, Samanta Lalic, Mahbod A. Fini, Dan I. Lubman, Rachelle Buchbinder, Ting Xia, Suzanne Nielsen

Med J Aust 2026; 224 (6): Open Access

Two Decades of Primary Care Funding in Australia: A Descriptive Time-Series and Distributional Analysis

Rafal Chomik, Shona M. Bates, Michael Wright

Med J Aust 2026; 224 (6): Open Access

Predictors of Ambulance Transport to Hospital for Older People Living in Tasmanian Aged Care Facilities: A Retrospective Cohort Study

Sharon Andrews, Pieter F. Fouche, Belinda Flanagan, Michael McDermott, Melanie Greenwood

Med J Aust 2026; 224 (6): Open Access

Kidney Failure After Living Kidney Donation in Australia: A National Registry Linkage Study, 2004-2024

Melanie Wyld, Kate Wyburn

Med J Aust 2026; 224 (5): Open Access

Evidence for Decreasing the Age of Atrial Fibrillation Screening for Indigenous People in Australia: A Systematic Review With Meta-Analysis

Vita Christie, Nicole Lowres, Joseph Hung, Lee Nedkoff, Judith M. Katzenellenbogen, Jessica Orchard, Josephine D. Gwynn, Kai Nash and Katrina D. Ward, Ben Freedman, Tom G. Briffa, Alena Haines, Connie Henson, Rekha Khatri, Prashanthan Sanders, David Brieger, Christopher X. J. Wong, Kylie Gwynne

Med J Aust 2026; 224 (5): Open Access

The Oral Health and Well-Being Experiences of Indigenous South Australians: A Qualitative Study

Ria Aiyar, Sonia Nath, Joanne Hedges, Gina L. Guzzo, Kostas Kapellas, Alexander Pham, Emma Flanagan, Tiyanna-Marie Mastrosavas, Ebony Wallace, Lisa M. Jamieson

Med J Aust 2026; 224 (5): Open Access

Cost-Effectiveness of Donanemab for Early Alzheimer Disease in Australia

Lan Gao, Rosie Watson, Nawaf Yassi

Med J Aust 2026; 224 (4): Open Access

Awareness, Usage and Perceptions of Doxycycline Post-Exposure Prophylaxis (doxyPEP) for Prevention of Sexually Transmitted Infections in Australia: Insights From a National Cross-Sectional Survey

Phyu Mon Latt, Ei T. Aung, Kate Maddaford, Kai J. Jonas, Christopher K. Fairley, Sarah J. Martin, Carole Khaw, Rick Varma, Caroline Thng, Manoji Gunathilake, Vincent J. Cornelisse, Haoyi Wang, Teralynn Ludwick, Ethan T. Cardwell, Michael W. Traeger, Catriona S. Bradshaw, Dash Heath-Paynter, Benjamin Riley, Daniel Grace, Fabian Y. S. Kong, Eric P. F. Chow

Med J Aust 2026; 224 (4): Open Access

Genomic Newborn Screening: Verdict From an Australian Citizens’ Jury

Yves Saint James Aquino, Joanne Scarfe, Diana Popic, Lucy Carolan, Chris Degeling, Kathleen Prokopovich, Margaret F. A. Otlowski, Saniya Singh, Belinda Fabrianesi, Kaustuv Bhattacharya, Kristi Jones, Ainsley J. Newson, Patti Shih, Bruce Bennetts, Emma Frost, Zornitza L. Stark, Kristen Nowak, Louise Healy, Sarah Norris, Stacy M. Carter

Med J Aust 2026; 224 (4): Open Access

Uptake and Costs of the 60-Day Dispensing Policy for Antihypertensive Medicines in Australia: A Mixed Methods Study

Tian Wang, Huy L. Nguyen, Isabella Tan, Dean S. Picone, Emily Atkins, Sonali R. Gnanenthiran, Michael O. Falster, Sallie-Anne Pearson, Anthony Rodgers, Aletta E. Schutte

Med J Aust 2026; 224 (4): Open Access

Motor Neuron Disease Mortality Trends in Australia From 1986 to 2023: A Population-Based Study

Carol M. Y. Lee, Rupendra N. Shrestha, Julian Gold, Mark Stevenson, Kelly L. Williams, Lyndal Henden, Sandrine K. K. Chan Moi Fat, Zoe Zussa, Amanda Wright, Martin Jude, Mark A. S. Laidlaw, Willem J. R. Fokkink, Dominic B. Rowe

Med J Aust 2026; 224 (3): Open Access

Emergency Department Presentations and Hospitalisations for Elder Abuse in People Accessing Aged Care Services in Australia: A Retrospective Cross-Sectional Study

Stephanie L. Harrison, Sahar Barmomanesh, Bryan Morden, Maria C. Inacio, Gillian E. Caughey, on behalf of the ROSA Consumer and Community Advisory Committee

Med J Aust 2026; 224 (3): Open Access

The Association Between Alignment to the Breast Cancer Optimal Care Pathways and Patient Survival in Victoria, Australia, 2012–2019: A Retrospective Population-Based Cohort Study

Brandon S. Hao, Juan C. Quiroz, Ian N. Olver, Claire M. Vajdic

Med J Aust 2026; 224 (3): Open Access

Malignant Otitis Externa in Central Australia: A 15-Year Retrospective Review Between 2009 and 2024

George P. Drewett, Mini Jacob, Belle Culhane, Amy Booth, Connor Wright, Sajan Thomas, Anjali Abraham

Med J Aust 2026; 224 (3): Open Access

Ngalaiya Boorai Gabara Budbut: A Qualitative Study With Primary Care Providers to Understand Perceived Needs, Enablers, Barriers and Opportunities to Strengthen Care

Christianna Digenis, Rachel Reilly, Peter Azzopardi, Hilina Winkenweder, Odette Pearson, Kane Ellis, Jane Fisher, Debra J. Rickwood, Choong-Siew Yong, Ngiare Brown

Med J Aust 2026; 224 (3): Open Access

The Impact of Hospital Bed Occupancy on Patient Flow and Emergency Department Access: A 25-Hospital Cohort Study

Vahid Riahi, Justin Boyle, Hwan-Jin Yoon, Hamed Hassanzadeh, Ibrahima Diouf, Sankalp Khanna, Andrew Staib, Mahnaz Samadbeik, Clair Sullivan, Emma Bosley, James F. Lind

Med J Aust 2026; 224 (2): Open Access

Strategies for Reducing Access Block and Waiting Time for Patients Seeking Emergency Hospital Care: Results of a Ward-Level Discrete Event Simulation at Queensland's Largest Public Hospitals

Hamed Hassanzadeh, Justin Boyle, Vahid Riahi, Hwan-Jin Yoon, Ibrahima Diouf, Sankalp Khanna, Clair Sullivan, Andrew Staib, Emma Bosley, Mahnaz Samadbeik, James F. Lind

Med J Aust 2026; 224 (2): Open Access

Spatial and Temporal Patterns in Childhood and Adolescent Asthma Hospitalisations in Queensland, Australia: A 20-Year Ecological Study Across Climate Zones

Jialu Wang, Javier Cortes-Ramirez, Janet Davies, Wenbiao Hu

Med J Aust 2026; 224 (2): Open Access

The Association Between Access Block And Ambulance Ramping, And The Impact of COVID-19: A Retrospective Observational Cohort Study of 25 Queensland Hospitals

Hwan-Jin Yoon, Justin Boyle, Ibrahima Diouf, Emma Bosley, Andrew Staib, Vahid Riahi, Hamed Hassanzadeh, Mahnaz Samadbeik, Clair Sullivan, Sankalp Khanna, James F. Lind

Med J Aust 2026; 224 (2): Open Access

Interval Cancer Characteristics, Staging and Survival Among National Bowel Cancer Screening Program Participants, Western Australia, 2018: A Retrospective Observational Cohort Study

Shantelle J. Smith, Rachael Moorin, Dagmawi Tadesse, Kathleen O'Connor, Thi Ninh Ha

Med J Aust 2026; 224 (2): Free

Valproate Prescribing for Female Adolescents and Management of the Associated Teratogenicity Risk, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, 2022–2024: A Retrospective Audit of Medical Records Data

Briana Davis, Monica S. Cooper, Michael South, Jeremy L. Freeman, Emma Macdonald-Laurs

Med J Aust 2026; 224 (1): Free

Adolescent Pregnancy Among Girls Known to Child Protection Services: An Australian Longitudinal Cohort Study Using Data Linkage

Oliver Watkeys, Kimberlie Dean, Kristin R. Laurens, Stacy Tzoumakis, Vaughan J. Carr, Melissa J. Green

Med J Aust 2026; 224 (1):

Early Cessation of Acetylcysteine Treatment After Paracetamol Overdose (NACSTOP 2): A Non-Inferiority Randomised Controlled Trial

Anselm Wong, Richard McNulty, Sarah E. Hodgson, Naren Gunja, Andis Graudins

Med J Aust 2026; 224 (1): Free

Early Palliative Care and Quality of End-of-Life Care for People With Terminal Cancer, Victoria, 2018–2023: A Retrospective, Population-Based Cohort Study

Chris Schilling, Olivia Wawryk, Anna Collins, Vijaya Sundararajan, Brian H. Le, Jennifer Philip

Med J Aust 2026; 224 (1): Free