Article Types
Research
Accountability, ambition, and quantifiable action in the carbon emission reduction plans of the ten largest pharmaceutical companies in Australia: a cross‐sectional analysis
The ten largest pharmaceutical companies in Australia are moving towards net zero greenhouse gas emissions at different rates
Hayden Burch · Georgia Brown · Oliver Adler · Jason Wong · Kenneth D Winkel
Early cardiovascular collapse after envenoming by snakes in Australia, 2005–2020: an observational study (ASP‐31)
Early collapse, a high risk feature of Australian snake envenoming, requires prompt identification and cardiopulmonary resuscitation
Geoffrey K Isbister · Katherine Z Isoardi · Angela L Chiew · Shane Jenkins · Nicholas A Buckley
The oral health care needs of people living in residential aged care, Australia, 2016–20: a retrospective cross-sectional study
Oral health policy and practice reforms are needed to improve the health and wellbeing of aged care residents
Gillian E Caughey · Tracy Air · Miia Rahja · Maria C Inacio
Mandatory research projects during medical specialist training in Australia and New Zealand: a survey of trainees’ experiences and reports
The time commitment and poor quality research associated with mandatory research projects were frequent concerns
Paulina Stehlik · Caitlyn Withers · Rachel C Bourke · Adrian G Barnett · Caitlin Brandenburg · Christy Noble · Alexandra Bannach‐Brown · Gerben B Keijzers · Ian A Scott · Paul P Glasziou · Emma C Veysey · Sharon Mickan · Mark Morgan · Hitesh Joshi · Kirsty Forrest · Thomas G Campbell · David A Henry
Closing the gap in kidney disease: validating the reporting of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander identification in a clinical quality registry using linked data
Integrating data to improve equity metrics in ANZDATA, including ethnicity and cultural identity, is vital for improving the health of Indigenous people
Heather J Baldwin · Nicole De La Mata · Grant Sara · Faye McMillan · Brett Biles · Jianyun Wu · Paul Lawton · Stephen McDonald · Angela C Webster
The impact of pay‐for‐performance incentives for stroke unit access on public hospital costs and use, Queensland, 2012–17: interrupted time series analysis
Improving quality of care without increasing costs or hospital demand, the pay-for-performance program increased value for health care spending
Rohan Grimley · Joosup Kim · Helen M Dewey · Nadine E Andrew · Taya A Collyer · Eleanor S Horton · Greg Cadigan · Dominique A Cadilhac
Methylphenidate and (lis)dexamfetamine toxicity‐related deaths of adults, Australia, 2000–24: analysis of NCIS data
People for whom greater caution is warranted including those with histories of substance misuse or mental health problems
Shane Darke · Amy Peacock · Johan A Duflou · Michael Farrell · Julia Lappin
Improving cardiometabolic risk factors in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in northeast Arnhem Land: single arm trial of a co‐designed dietary and lifestyle program
Culturally acceptable strategies for improving risk factors could reduce cardiometabolic disease in remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities
Hasthi UW Dissanayake · George Gurruwiwi · J Dhurrkay · Josh C Tynan · Sabine Braat · Benjamin Harrap · Tim Trudgen · Sarah Hanieh · Bronwyn Clark · Michaela Spencer · Michael Christie · Emma Tonkin · Emily Armstrong · Leonard C Harrison · John M Wentworth · Julie K Brimblecombe · Beverley‐Ann Biggs
Women who experience heavy menstrual bleeding: prevalence and characteristics from young adulthood to midlife, Australia, 2000–2021: a longitudinal cohort survey study
Many women experience symptoms that have a substantial impact on their physical and mental health-related quality of life.
Louise Wilson · Tessa Copp · Martha Hickey · Bec Jenkinson · Susan J Jordan · Rachel Thompson · Gita D Mishra · Jenny A Doust
Potentially preventable medication‐related hospitalisations with cardiovascular disease of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, Queensland, 2013–2017: a retrospective cohort study
Culturally appropriate and more targeted medication safety services are required
Jean Spinks · Gabor Mihala · Warren Jennings · Robert S Ware · Lisa M Kalisch Ellett · Elizabeth E Roughead · Daniel Williamson
Consideration of sex and gender: an analysis of Australian clinical guidelines
Guideline developers should consider the role of sex and gender to enable equity and inclusiveness in health care
Maggie Kirkman · Tomoko Honda · Steve J McDonald · Sally Green · Karen Walker‐Bone · Ingrid Winship · Jane R W Fisher
Social inequalities in eligibility rates and use of the Australian National Disability Insurance Scheme, 2016–22: an administrative data analysis
We found inequalities in NDIS access for applicants with physical, psychosocial, and unclassified disability types, particularly for women and girls
George Disney · Yi Yang · Peter Summers · Alexandra Devine · Helen Dickinson · Anne M Kavanagh
Evaluating primary care expenditure in Australia: the Primary Care Spend (PC Spend) model
The Primary Care Spend model provides a more nuanced analysis of expenditure for primary health care than routine health expenditure reports
Michael Wright · Shona Bates · Andrew W Bazemore · Michael R Kidd
Cannabis poisonings in Australia following the legalisation of medicinal cannabis, 2014–24: analysis of NSW Poisons Information Centre data
Edible cannabis forms may be less harmful than smoking cannabis, but the acute poisoning risk they pose must be considered
Rose Cairns · Sara Allaf · Nicholas A Buckley
Use of ChatGPT to obtain health information in Australia, 2024: insights from a nationally representative survey
An estimated that 9.9% of Australian adults asked ChatGPT health-related questions in the first half of 2024
Julie Ayre · Erin Cvejic · Kirsten J McCaffery
Classification of chronic kidney disease in older Australian adults by the CKD‐EPI 2009 and 2021 equations: secondary analysis of ASPREE study data
The new equation would substantially reduce the estimated prevalence of disease in older, generally healthy adults, with implications for treatment planning
Elisa K Bongetti · Rory Wolfe · James B Wetmore · Anne M Murray · Robyn L Woods · Michelle A Fravel · Mark R Nelson · Nigel P Stocks · Suzanne G Orchard · Kevan R Polkinghorne
Surgical clinical trial activity in Australia, 2010–20, by specialty: analysis of trial registration data
The relatively low number of clinical trials in surgery suggests that strategies for supporting surgical trials are needed in Australia
Claire Greenwell · Angela Webster · Ian A Harris · David Beard · Angie Barba · Sarah J Lord
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community experiences and recommendations for health and medical research: a mixed methods study
Researchers, funding bodies and institutions should invest in communities to lead, control and govern their own research
Felicity Collis (Gomeroi) · Kade Booth · Jamie Bryant · Tanika Ridgeway (Worimi) · Catherine Chamberlain (Palawa) · Jaquelyne Hughes (Wagadagam) · Kalinda E Griffiths (Yawuru) · Mark Wenitong (Kabi Kabi) · Peter O'Mara (Wiradjuri) · Alex Brown (Yuin) · Sandra J Eades (Noongar) · Kelvin M Kong (Worimi) · Michelle Kennedy (Wiradjuri)
Researchers’ self‐reported adherence to ethical principles in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and medical research and views on improving conduct: a mixed methods study
Structural and individual change is required to accommodate community priority setting, governance, consultation, leadership and translation in ethical research
Kade Booth · Jamie Bryant · Felicity Collis (Gomeroi) · Catherine Chamberlain (Palawa) · Jaquelyne Hughes (Wagadagam) · Breanne Hobden · Kalinda E Griffiths (Yawuru) · Mark Wenitong (Kabi Kabi) · Peter O'Mara (Wiradjuri) · Alex Brown (Yuin) · Sandra J Eades (Noongar) · Kelvin M Kong (Worimi) · Raymond W Lovett (Wongaibon Ngiyampaa) · Michelle Kennedy (Wiradjuri)
Reported processes and practices of researchers applying for human research ethics approval for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health research: a mixed methods study
We join calls for the establishment and appropriate resourcing of state-based AHRECs in every jurisdiction
Jamie Bryant · Kade Booth · Felicity Collis (Gomeroi) · Catherine Chamberlain (Palawa) · Jaquelyne Hughes (Wagadagam) · Breanne Hobden · Kalinda E Griffiths (Yawuru) · Mark Wenitong (Kabi Kabi) · Peter O'Mara (Wiradjuri) · Alex Brown (Yuin) · Sandra J Eades (Noongar) · Kelvin M Kong (Worimi) · Raymond W Lovett (Wongaibon Ngiyampaa) · Michelle Kennedy (Wiradjuri)
Human research ethics committee processes and practices for approving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health research: a mixed methods study
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and AHRECs carry an important role in the review of health research involving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
Michelle Kennedy (Wiradjuri) · Kade Booth · Jamie Bryant · Felicity Collis (Gomeroi) · Catherine Chamberlain (Palawa) · Jaquelyne Hughes (Wagadagam) · Romany McGuffog · Breanne Hobden · Kalinda E Griffiths (Yawuru) · Mark Wenitong (Kabi Kabi) · Peter O'Mara (Wiradjuri) · Alex Brown (Yuin) · Sandra J Eades (Noongar) · Kelvin M Kong (Worimi) · Raymond W Lovett (Wongaibon Ngiyampaa)
Beyond ethical guidelines: upholding Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ethical governance in health and medical research. A scoping review
We found a concerning lack of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ethical governance reported in health and medical research
Felicity Collis (Gomeroi) · Kade Booth · Jamie Bryant · Michelle Kennedy (Wiradjuri)
How well are researchers applying ethical principles and practices in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and medical research? A cross‐sectional study
Urgent attention is needed to develop and implement routine evaluations of research practices in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and medical research
Michelle Kennedy (Wiradjuri) · Kade Booth · Jamie Bryant · Felicity Collis (Gomeroi) · Catherine Chamberlain (Palawa) · Jaquelyne Hughes (Wagadagam) · Breanne Hobden · Kalinda E Griffiths (Yawuru) · Mark Wenitong (Kabi Kabi) · Peter O'Mara (Wiradjuri) · Alex Brown (Yuin) · Sandra J Eades (Noongar) · Kelvin M Kong (Worimi) · Raymond W Lovett (Wongaibon Ngiyampaa)
Bulk‐billing rates and out‐of‐pocket costs for general practitioner services in Australia, 2022, by SA3 region: analysis of Medicare claims data
Out-of-pocket costs for non-bulk-billed services are particular high for people in remote and socio-economically disadvantaged areas of Australia
Karinna Saxby · Yuting Zhang
The impact of the BreastScreen NSW transition from film to digital mammography, 2002–2016: a linked population health data analysis
The transition from film to digital mammography may have increased the detection of indolent cancers
Rachel Farber · Nehmat Houssami · Kevin McGeechan · Alexandra L Barratt · Katy JL Bell