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Elective spinal surgery in New South Wales adults, 2001–20, by procedure funding type: a cross‐sectional study

Duong Thuy Tran, Adriane M Lewin, Louisa Jorm and Ian A Harris

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (7): 303-309 Open Access

Patterns of care for people with small cell lung cancer in Victoria, 2011–19: a retrospective, population‐based registry data study

Joanna Huang, Wasek Faisal, Margaret Brand, Shantelle Smith, Marliese Alexander, Lisa Briggs, Matthew Conron, Mary Duffy, Thomas John, David Langton, Jacqueline Lesage, Michael MacManus, Paul Mitchell, Inger Olesen, Phillip Parente, Jennifer Philip, Evangeline Samuel, Javier Torres, Craig R Underhill, John R Zalcberg, Susan Harden and Rob Stirling

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (3): 120-126 Open Access

Lower urgency care in the emergency department, and the suitability of general practice care as an alternative: a cross‐sectional study

Haomin S Wu and James L Mallows

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (4): 166-167 Open Access

Hospital utilisation in Australia, 1993–2020, with a focus on use by people over 75 years of age: a review of AIHW data

Natasha Reid, Thakeru Gamage, Stephen J Duckett and Leonard C Gray

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (3): 113-119 Open Access

Consistent mask use and SARS‐CoV‐2 epidemiology: a simulation modelling study

Joshua Szanyi, Samantha Howe, Tim Wilson and Tony Blakely

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (2): 77-79 Open Access

The effectiveness of vaccination for preventing hospitalisation with COVID‐19 in regional Queensland: a data linkage study

Nicolas R Smoll, Mahmudul Hassan Al Imam, Connie Shulz, Robert Booy and Gulam Khandaker

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (4): 162-165 Open Access

Insomnia and workplace productivity loss among young working adults: a prospective observational study of clinical sleep disorders in a community cohort

Amy C Reynolds, Pieter Coenen, Bastien Lechat, Leon Straker, Juliana Zabatiero, Kath J Maddison, Robert J Adams and Peter Eastwood

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (3): 107-112 Open Access

Access to voluntary assisted dying in Victoria: a qualitative study of family caregivers’ perceptions of barriers and facilitators

Ben P White, Ruthie Jeanneret, Eliana Close and Lindy Willmott

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (5): 211-217 Open Access

Suboptimal experiences with out‐of‐pocket costs, financial disclosure, and support information among people treated for cancer

Victoria White, Karla Gough, Colin Wood, Raymond Chan and Michael Jefford

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (1): 28-29 Open Access

Psychotropic and other medicine use at time of death by suicide: a population‐level analysis of linked dispensing and forensic toxicology data

Kate M Chitty, Nicholas A Buckley, Jessy Lim, Zein Ali, Jennifer L Schumann, Rose Cairns, Benjamin Daniels, Sallie A Pearson, David B Preen and Andrea L Schaffer

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (2): 63-69 Open Access

A brief intervention for improving alcohol literacy and reducing harmful alcohol use by women attending a breast screening service: a randomised controlled trial

Jasmin Grigg, Victoria Manning, Darren Lockie, Michelle Giles, Robin J Bell, Peta Stragalinos, Chloe Bernard, Christopher J Greenwood, Isabelle Volpe, Liam Smith, Peter Bragge and Dan I Lubman

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (11): 511-519 Open Access

Organ donation by children in Australia, 2000–2019: impact of the 2009 National Reform Program. A population‐based registry data study

Tal T Klein, Michael J O'Leary, Lukas Staub and Elena Cavazzoni

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (11): 520-525 Free

The health care and societal costs of inherited retinal diseases in Australia: a microsimulation modelling study

Deborah Schofield, Joshua Kraindler, Owen Tan, Rupendra N Shrestha, Sarah West, Natalie Hart, Liny Tan, Alan Ma, John R Grigg and Robyn V Jamieson

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (2): 70-76 Open Access

The characteristics of SARS‐CoV‐2‐positive children in Australian hospitals: a PREDICT network study

Laila Ibrahim, Catherine Wilson, Doris Tham, Mark Corden, Shefali Jani, Michael Zhang, Amit Kochar, Ker Fern Tan, Shane George, Natalie T Phillips, Paul Buntine, Karen Robins‐Browne, Vimuthi Chong, Thomas Georgeson, Anna Lithgow, Sarah Davidson, Sharon O'Brien, Viet Tran and Franz E Babl

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (10): 460-466 Open Access

Mortality among people admitted to Australian intensive care units for reasons other than COVID‐19 during the COVID‐19 pandemic: a retrospective cohort study

Sing Chee Tan, Tess Evans, Matthew L Durie, Paul J Secombe and David Pilcher

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (10): 467-473 Open Access

Inter‐hospital transfer and clinical outcomes for people with COVID‐19 admitted to intensive care units in Australia: an observational cohort study

Courtney Cini, Ary S Neto, Aidan Burrell and Andrew Udy, the SPRINT‐SARI Australia investigators

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (10): 474-481 Open Access

Myocarditis in Australian children following SARS‐CoV‐2 infection or COVID‐19 vaccination: a retrospective case series

Patrick Walker, Timothy C Lai, Silja Schrader, Nigel Crawford and Daryl R Cheng

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (10): 482-483 Free

Dispensing of psychotropic medications to Australian children and adolescents before and during the COVID‐19 pandemic, 2013–2021: a retrospective cohort study

Stephen J Wood, Jenni Ilomäki, Jacqueline Gould, George SQ Tan, Melissa Raven, Jon N Jureidini and Luke E Grzeskowiak

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (1): 18-25 Open Access

Psychotropic medication prescribing for children and adolescents by general practitioners during the COVID‐19 pandemic

Rae‐Anne Hardie, Gorkem Sezgin, Lisa G Pont, Judith Thomas, Mirela Prgomet, Precious McGuire, Christopher Pearce and Andrew Georgiou

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (1): 26-27 Open Access

Self‐harm and suicidal ideation in children and adolescents in contact with child protection services

Kirstie O'Hare, Oliver Watkeys, Felicity Harris, Kimberlie Dean, Vaughan J Carr and Melissa J Green

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (11): 526-527 Open Access

Over‐the‐counter cough and cold medicines: reported poisonings of children before and after the 2012 and 2020 labelling changes in Australia

Abrar Arbaeen, Nial J Wheate, Jared A Brown and Rose Cairns

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (9): 410-411 Open Access

The impact on poisonings of up‐scheduling of modified release paracetamol to Schedule 3 (pharmacist only medicine)

Rose Cairns, Firouzeh Noghrehchi and Nicholas A Buckley

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (9): 412-414 Open Access

Bloodstream infection rates in Aboriginal and non‐Aboriginal people in Central Australia, 2014–2018

Alice Coe, Richard J Woodman, Rob Baird and Lloyd Einsiedel

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (9): 415-417 Open Access

The diagnosis and initial management of melanoma in Australia: findings from the prospective, population‐based QSkin study

Nirmala Pandeya, Catherine M Olsen, Maja M Shalit, Jean Claude Dusingize, Rachel E Neale and David C Whiteman

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (9): 402-407 Open Access

Comparison of performance outcomes after general practice training in remote and rural or regional locations in Australia

Emily Anderson, Matthew R McGrail, Aaron Hollins, Louise Young, Lawrie McArthur, Belinda O'Sullivan and Tiana Gurney

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (9): 408-409 Open Access