Research

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Nicola Creighton · Richard Walton · David M Roder · Sanchia Aranda · Arthur J Richardson · Neil Merrett · David Currow

A well designed campaign can increase the use of emergency medical services

Ziad Nehme · Peter A Cameron · Muhammad Akram · Harry Patsamanis · Janet E Bray · Ian T Meredith · Karen Smith

Involving pharmacists in preparing medication management plans in the discharge summary reduces the likelihood of errors

Erica Y Tong · Cristina P Roman · Biswadev Mitra · Gary S Yip · Harry Gibbs · Harvey H Newnham · De Villiers Smit · Kirsten Galbraith · Michael J Dooley

The excess burden of cancer among Indigenous people will persist until lifestyle risks are mitigated

John R Condon · Xiaohua Zhang · Karen Dempsey · Lindy Garling · Steven Guthridge

Location of residence may negatively influence the quality of care received by patients with pancreatic cancer

Elizabeth A Burmeister · Dianne L O'Connell · Susan J Jordan · David Goldstein · Neil Merrett · David K Wyld · Vanessa L Beesley · Helen M Gooden · Monika Janda · Rachel E Neale

The incidence of CRC in people under 50 in NSW was steady during 2001–2008

Stephen Boyce · Natasha Nassar · Cathy Yuen Yi Lee · Michael KL Suen · Saleh Al Zahrani · Marc A Gladman

Bookings of GPs have increased, particularly for people in residential aged care facilities

Angela Joe · Judy A Lowthian · Marianne Shearer · Lyle R Turner · Bianca Brijnath · Christopher Pearce · Colette Browning · Danielle Mazza

Changes to trauma systems may be benefiting patients in rural and regional NSW

Michael M Dinh · Kate Curtis · Rebecca J Mitchell · Kendall J Bein · Zsolt J Balogh · Ian Seppelt · Colin Deans · Rebecca Ivers · Saartje Berendsen Russell · Oran Rigby

The program has had substantially reduced the overall incidence of cervical cancer in women aged 25 and over

Megan Smith · Karen Canfell

Objective outcomes information is provided for counselling women who are contemplating vulvoplasty

Amanda J Ampt · Vijay Roach · Christine L Roberts

HTLV-1 infection may be more prevalent among Indigenous Australians than is currently appreciated

Lloyd J Einsiedel · Hai Pham · Richard J Woodman · Clinton Pepperill · Kerry A Taylor

Patterns of allergic sensitisation can inform more effective aeroallergen avoidance and screening strategies

Andrew W Kam · Winnie WY Tong · Jenna M Christensen · Constance H Katelaris · Janet Rimmer · Richard J Harvey

Suicide prevention initiatives should focus on workplace factors and differential risks for men and women employed as health professionals

Allison J Milner · Humaira Maheen · Marie M Bismark · Matthew J Spittal

Closing the Indigenous gap could have far-reaching benefits for the economic future of the Territory

Yuejen Zhao · Siva R Vemuri · Dinesh Arya

WBA is a reliable method if multiple tools and assessors are used over a period of time

Balakrishnan (Kichu) R Nair · Joyce MW Moonen-van Loon · Mulavana S Parvathy · Cees PM van der Vleuten

There are strong associations between rural GP vocational training location and subsequent rural practice location

Matthew R McGrail · Deborah J Russell · David G Campbell

The lower rate of coronary angiography is the key disparity in the care of Aboriginal patients with acute coronary syndromes

Rosanna Tavella · Katharine McBride · Wendy Keech · Janet Kelly · Amanda Rischbieth · Christopher Zeitz · John F Beltrame · Philip A Tideman · Alex Brown

Good glycaemic control is not sufficient for avoiding adverse outcomes for mother and child

Sally K Abell · Jacqueline A Boyle · Barbora de Courten · Michelle Knight · Sanjeeva Ranasinha · John Regan · Georgia Soldatos · Euan M Wallace · Sophia Zoungas · Helena J Teede

Adhering to screening recommendations is essential to avoiding increased HIV infection rates in remote communities

James S Ward · Amalie Dyda · Skye McGregor · Alice Rumbold · Linda Garton · Basil Donovan · John M Kaldor · Rebecca J Guy

A focus on clinical care standards and better health service distribution is needed to reduce variation in angiography rates

Derek P Chew · Andrew I MacIsaac · Jeffrey Lefkovits · Richard W Harper · Luke Slawomirski · David Braddock · Matthew J Horsfall · Heather A Buchan · Chris John Ellis · David B Brieger · Tom G Briffa

A pre-hospital diagnostic and treatment strategy is appropriate in regions where timely primary percutaneous coronary intervention is not possible

Arshad A Khan · Trent Williams · Lindsay Savage · Paul Stewart · Asma Ashraf · Allan J Davies · Steven Faddy · John Attia · Christopher Oldmeadow · Rohan Bhagwandeen · Peter J Fletcher · Andrew J Boyle

The speed with which patients are referred to specialists depends on the cancer type

Karen Lacey · James F Bishop · Hannah L Cross · Patty Chondros · Georgios Lyratzopoulos · Jon D Emery

Intensive acute hospital physiotherapy is safe and reduces the length of hospital stay

Lara A Kimmel · Susan M Liew · James M Sayer · Anne E Holland

The significant amount of unpaid patient care between consultations is an inherent problem of the fee-for-service system

Joan Henderson · Lisa A Valenti · Helena C Britt · Clare Bayram · Carmen Wong · Christopher Harrison · Allan J Pollack · Julie Gordon · Graeme C Miller

The high acceptability of LARCS in these communities concords with international recommendations on contraception

Emma K Griffiths · Julia V Marley · Domenica Friello · David N Atkinson