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The health care and societal costs of inherited retinal diseases in Australia: a microsimulation modelling study
To assess the cost-effectiveness of IRD treatments, the substantial societal costs of IRDs must be considered
Deborah Schofield · Joshua Kraindler · Owen Tan · Rupendra N Shrestha · Sarah West · Natalie Hart · Liny Tan · Alan Ma · John R Grigg · Robyn V Jamieson
Psychotropic and other medicine use at time of death by suicide: a population‐level analysis of linked dispensing and forensic toxicology data
Monitoring adherence to pharmacotherapy and safe medicine storage and disposal could reduce the risk of suicide
Kate M Chitty · Nicholas A Buckley · Jessy Lim · Zein Ali · Jennifer L Schumann · Rose Cairns · Benjamin Daniels · Sallie A Pearson · David B Preen · Andrea L Schaffer
The characteristics of SARS‐CoV‐2‐positive children in Australian hospitals: a PREDICT network study
Most children with COVID-19 can be cared for adequately in primary care, relieving the demand for emergency department services
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 · Franz E Babl
Mortality among people admitted to Australian intensive care units for reasons other than COVID‐19 during the COVID‐19 pandemic: a retrospective cohort study
Increased in-hospital mortality may reflect changes in care across the Australian health system that need to be rectified
Sing Chee Tan · Tess Evans · Matthew L Durie · Paul J Secombe · David Pilcher
Inter‐hospital transfer and clinical outcomes for people with COVID‐19 admitted to intensive care units in Australia: an observational cohort study
In-hospital mortality was not higher for transferred patients, confirming careful case selection and sustained commitment to care by hospitals
the SPRINT‐SARI Australia investigators
Myocarditis in Australian children following SARS‐CoV‐2 infection or COVID‐19 vaccination: a retrospective case series
Awareness that the myocarditis risk in children with SARS-CoV-2 infections differs from that for adults should inform vaccination strategies
Patrick Walker · Timothy C Lai · Silja Schrader · Nigel Crawford · Daryl R Cheng
Dispensing of psychotropic medications to Australian children and adolescents before and during the COVID‐19 pandemic, 2013–2021: a retrospective cohort study
The appropriateness of the increasing psychotropic prescribing to children and adolescents should be further investigated
Stephen J Wood · Jenni Ilomäki · Jacqueline Gould · George SQ Tan · Melissa Raven · Jon N Jureidini · Luke E Grzeskowiak
Psychotropic medication prescribing for children and adolescents by general practitioners during the COVID‐19 pandemic
Prescribing of all psychotropic classes has risen since 2018, and increases were particularly marked during the COVID-19 pandemic
Rae‐Anne Hardie · Gorkem Sezgin · Lisa G Pont · Judith Thomas · Mirela Prgomet · Precious McGuire · Christopher Pearce · Andrew Georgiou
Self‐harm and suicidal ideation in children and adolescents in contact with child protection services
Self-harm and suicidal ideation are common among young people who have contact with child protection services
Kirstie O'Hare · Oliver Watkeys · Felicity Harris · Kimberlie Dean · Vaughan J Carr · Melissa J Green
The diagnosis and initial management of melanoma in Australia: findings from the prospective, population‐based QSkin study
Most incident melanomas are managed by primary care practitioners, underscoring the need for specific training
Nirmala Pandeya · Catherine M Olsen · Maja M Shalit · Jean Claude Dusingize · Rachel E Neale · David C Whiteman
Comparison of performance outcomes after general practice training in remote and rural or regional locations in Australia
General practice training in remote areas provides equivalent opportunities for learning and progression toward the fellowship
Emily Anderson · Matthew R McGrail · Aaron Hollins · Louise Young · Lawrie McArthur · Belinda O'Sullivan · Tiana Gurney
Over‐the‐counter cough and cold medicines: reported poisonings of children before and after the 2012 and 2020 labelling changes in Australia
Off-label use in young children suggests that health care professionals and the public underappreciate their risks
Abrar Arbaeen · Nial J Wheate · Jared A Brown · Rose Cairns
The impact on poisonings of up‐scheduling of modified release paracetamol to Schedule 3 (pharmacist only medicine)
Further up-scheduling would probably reduce casual use and consequently the number of overdoses
Rose Cairns · Firouzeh Noghrehchi · Nicholas A Buckley
Bloodstream infection rates in Aboriginal and non‐Aboriginal people in Central Australia, 2014–2018
Bloodstream infection rates in Aboriginal residents of Central Australia remain extremely high, and risk factors must be remediated
Alice Coe · Richard J Woodman · Rob Baird · Lloyd Einsiedel
Mental health and wellbeing of health and aged care workers in Australia, May 2021 – June 2022: a longitudinal cohort study
Evidence-based mental health and wellbeing programs for workers in health care organisations are needed
Sarah L McGuinness · Owen Eades · Kelsey L Grantham · Shannon Zhong · Josphin Johnson · Peter A Cameron · Andrew B Forbes · Jane RW Fisher · Carol L Hodgson · Jessica Kasza · Helen Kelsall · Maggie Kirkman · Grant M Russell · Philip L Russo · Malcolm R Sim · Kasha Singh · Helen Skouteris · Karen Smith · Rhonda L Stuart · James M Trauer · Andrew Udy · Sophia Zoungas · Karin Leder
Universal genetic testing for women with newly diagnosed breast cancer in the context of multidisciplinary team care
Routine testing removes barriers to testing, identifies additional women with pathogenic variants, leading to revised treatment for many
Dilanka L De Silva · Lesley Stafford · Anita R Skandarajah · Michelle Sinclair · Lisa Devereux · Kirsten Hogg · Maira Kentwell · Allan Park · Luxi Lal · Magnus Zethoven · Madawa W Jayawardana · Fiona Chan · Phyllis N Butow · Paul A James · G Bruce Mann · Ian G Campbell · Geoffrey J Lindeman
The Queensland IMplementation of PRecision Oncology in brEast cancer (Q‐IMPROvE) pilot study
Clinically meaningful outcomes can be achieved with matched germline/tumour whole genome sequencing
The Q‐IMPROvE study group
The South Australian Emergency Department Admission Blood Psychoactive Testing (EDABPT) program: first results
Most patients have taken a mixture of agents; the combination of GHB with methamphetamine is particularly frequent
Sam Alfred · Peter Stockham · Emma Partridge · Alastair Ward · Hannah Green · Jake Mallon · Chris Kostakis · Andrew Camilleri · Daniel Haustead
A rise in invasive and non‐invasive group A streptococcal disease case numbers in Melbourne in late 2022
Our findings add to northern hemisphere reports that possibly reflect a worldwide increase in GAS disease
Aleece MacPhail · Wen Jie Isaac Lee · Despina Kotsanas · Tony M Korman · Maryza Graham
Improving access to mental health care: a system dynamics model of direct access to specialist care and accelerated specialist service capacity growth
Improving mental health outcomes requires both direct access and accelerated specialist services growth
Catherine Vacher · Adam Skinner · Jo‐An Occhipinti · Sebastian Rosenberg · Nicholas Ho · Yun Ju Christine Song · Ian B Hickie
Geographic variation in out‐of‐pocket costs for radiation oncology services
Although radiotherapy costs for most people are moderate, some face very high costs, and these vary markedly by location
Dan Liu · Serena Yu · Samuel BG Webster · Bahare Moradi · Philip Haywood · Jane Hall · Sanchia Aranda · Kees Gool
The cost‐effectiveness of coronary calcium score‐guided statin therapy initiation for Australians with family histories of premature coronary artery disease
Expanding eligibility for statin therapy should selectively target people with subclinical atherosclerosis rather than simply lowering treatment thresholds
Prasanna Venkataraman · Amanda L Neil · Geoffrey K Mitchell · Tony Stanton · Stephen Nicholls · Andrew M Tonkin · Gerald F Watts · Thomas H Marwick
Infectious syphilis in women and heterosexual men in major Australian cities: sentinel surveillance data, 2011–2019
People who attend reproductive health or alcohol and drug services should be routinely screened for syphilis
Allison Carter · Hamish McManus · James S Ward · Tobias Vickers · Jason Asselin · Greta Baillie · Eric PF Chow · Marcus Y Chen · Christopher K Fairley · Christopher Bourne · Anna McNulty · Phillip Read · Kevin Heath · Nathan Ryder · Jenny McCloskey · Christopher Carmody · Heather McCormack · Kate Alexander · Dawn Casey · Mark Stoove · Margaret E Hellard · Basil Donovan · Rebecca J Guy
Direct‐acting antiviral treatments in Australia for children with chronic hepatitis C virus infection
The benefits of DAA therapy for children with HCV infection are now attainable in Australia in normal practice
Jessica A Eldredge · Michael O Stormon · Julia E Clark · Scott Nightingale · Brendan McMullan · Brooke Andersen · Christina Travers · Winita Hardikar
Eliminating hepatitis C in Australia: a novel model of hepatitis C testing and treatment for people who inject drugs at a medically supervised injecting facility
Streamlined, convenient hepatitis C care promotes engagement with treatment by people at particular risk
Michael B MacIsaac · Bradley Whitton · Adrian Hubble · Shelley Cogger · Matthew Penn · Anthony Weeks · Kasey Elmore · David Pemberton · Jenine Anderson · Rebecca Howard · Una McKeever · Timothy Papaluca · Margaret E Hellard · Mark Stoove · David Wilson · Alisa Pedrana · Joseph Doyle · Nico Clark · Jacinta Holmes · Alexander J Thompson