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Blood pressure in young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people: analysis of baseline data from a prospective cohort study
Reducing early cardiovascular risks, while avoiding deficit-framing, is critical for promoting cardiovascular health throughout life
Berhe W Sahle · Emily Banks · Robyn Williams · Grace Joshy · Garry Jennings · Jonathan C Craig · Nicholas G Larkins · Francine Eades · Rebecca Q Ivers · Sandra Eades
Clinical phenotype of COVID‐19 vaccine‐associated myocarditis in Victoria, 2021–22: a cross‐sectional study
A threefold or greater increase in troponin level may be a clinically useful predictor of cardiac MRI abnormalities
Julia Smith · Silja Schrader · Hannah Morgan · Priya Shenton · Annette Alafaci · Nicholas Cox · Andrew J Taylor · James Hare · Bryn Jones · Nigel W Crawford · Jim P Buttery · Hazel J Clothier · Daryl R Cheng
Knowledge about COVID‐19 vaccines among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and attitudes to and behaviours regarding COVID‐19 and influenza vaccination: a survey
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are confident about the safety and efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines
Shea Spierings · Victor M Oguoma · Anthony Shakeshaft · Jim Walker · Maree Toombs · James S Ward
Intrinsic capacity and ageing well for Aboriginal people in remote Western Australia: a longitudinal cohort study
Impaired intrinsic capacity in older Aboriginal people in the Kimberley was most frequent in the sensory and locomotion domains
Zoë Hyde · Kate Smith · Roslyn Malay · Dina C LoGiudice · Dawn C Bessarab · David N Atkinson · Edward Strivens · Leon Flicker
Out‐of‐hospital cardiac arrests in Victoria, 2003–2022: retrospective analysis of Victorian Ambulance Cardiac Arrest Registry data
New strategies are needed to further improve survival after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
Emily Nehme · David Anderson · Ross Salathiel · Anthony Carlyon · Dion Stub · Peter A Cameron · Andrew Wilson · Sile Smith · John J McNeil · Ziad Nehme
The cost of treating hypertension in Australia, 2012–22: an economic analysis
During 2012–22, about 40% of the cost of managing hypertension in Australia was borne directly by patients (about $494 million per year)
Emily R Atkins · Long Huy Nguyen · Mary Lou Chatterton · Markus Schlaich · Aletta E Schutte · Anthony Rodgers
Participation in the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program by people with severe mental illness, Australia, 2006–2019: a national data linkage study
Barriers to screening may contribute to higher colorectal cancer case fatality rates in people with severe mental illness
Steve Kisely · Rebecca Seth · Susan J Jordan · Bradley Kendall · Dan J Siskind · Grant Sara · Justin Chapman · Lisa Brophy · David M Lawrence
Health service access and quality of care provided by the Western NSW Local Health District Virtual Rural Generalist Service: a retrospective analysis of linked administrative data
The VRGS can complement and enhance the delivery of medical care in rural and remote communities with limited medical services
Georgina M Luscombe · Andrew Wilson · Amanda J Ampt · Amy Von Huben · Kirsten Howard · Clare Coleman · Georgia Wingfield · Shannon Nott
Clinician experiences of a hybrid virtual medical service supporting rural and remote hospitals: a qualitative study
The Virtual Rural Generalist Service model effectively fills medical service gaps and makes rural medical and nursing positions more attractive and sustainable
Anna E Thompson · Emily Saurman · Shannon Nott · Andrew Wilson · Tim Shaw
Patient and carer experiences of hospital‐based hybrid virtual medical care: a qualitative study
Patients and carers who experience hospital-based virtual care perceive that it can provide good quality medical care and meet many of their needs
Anna E Thompson · Tim Shaw · Shannon Nott · Andrew Wilson · Emily Saurman
An economic evaluation of the Virtual Rural Generalist Service versus usual care in Western NSW Local Health District
Ongoing additional investment in data capture and nursing and technical staff is required to support the VRGS
Amy Von Huben · Anna E Thompson · Andrew Wilson · Georgina M Luscombe · Amelia Haigh · Kirsten Howard · Emily Saurman · Tim Shaw · Georgia Wingfield · Amanda J Ampt · Shannon Nott
Barriers, facilitators and next steps for sustaining and scaling virtual hospital services in Australia: a qualitative descriptive study
As virtual hospital services become more mainstream, gaps in evidence and practice must be addressed by future research and policy changes to maximise the benefits
Nicki Newton · Kavisha Shah · Miranda Shaw · Emma Charlston · Melissa T Baysari · Angus Ritchie · Chenyao Yu · Adam Johnston · Jagdev Singh · Meredith Makeham · Sarah Norris · Liliana Laranjo · Clara K Chow · Tim Shaw
Defining a core set of research and development priorities for virtual care in the post‐pandemic environment: a call to action
Demonstrating the value of virtual care models while also highlighting improvements in health outcomes will future-proof virtual care, enabling it to continue to address broader challenges of health care delivery
Kavisha Shah · Nicki Newton · Emma Charlston · Miranda Shaw · Jagdev Singh · Adam Johnston · Owen Hutchings · Chenyao Yu · Pearl Wang · Aaron Jones · Angus Ritchie · Rebecca Davis · Fiona Robinson · Jennifer A Alison · Melissa T Baysari · Meredith Makeham · Sarah Norris · Liliana Laranjo · Emma Nicholls · Clara K Chow · Tim Shaw
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander infants admitted to the Hunter New England neonatal intensive care unit, 2016-2021: a retrospective medical record audit
Effective strategies for culturally safe NICU care, including localised approaches, requires further research
Jessica Bennett · Michelle Kennedy · Jamie Bryant · Amanual Mersha · Larissa Korostenski · Michelle Stubbs · Justine Parsons · Luke Wakely
Cerebral palsy in Australia: birth prevalence, 1995–2016, and differences by residential remoteness: a population-based register study
The declining birth prevalence of cerebral palsy reflects the effects of advances in maternal and perinatal care and other public health interventions
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Mental health‐related hospitalisations of adolescents and their contact with child protection services to age 11 years, South Australia: a whole‐of‐population descriptive study
The role of trauma associated with a history of child protection should be considered when adolescents are hospitalised with mental health conditions
Jessica Judd · Rhiannon M Pilkington · Catia Malvaso · Alexandra M Procter · Alicia Montgomerie · Jemma JA Anderson · Jon N Jureidini · Julie Petersen · John Lynch · Catherine R Chittleborough
Management of people after stroke in 383 Victorian general practices, 2014–2018: analysis of linked stroke registry and general practice data
The general practice management of people who have been hospitalised with stroke or TIA could be improved
Muideen T Olaiya · Joosup Kim · Christopher Pearce · Kiran Bam · Dominique A Cadilhac · Nadine E Andrew · Lauren M Sanders · Amanda G Thrift · Mark R Nelson · Seana Gall · Monique F Kilkenny
Medicare‐subsidised mental health service use during the first 15 years of life in New South Wales: a population cohort study
Additional work is needed to ensure equitable access to mental health services for all young people in Australia
Oliver J Watkeys · Kimberlie Dean · Kristin R Laurens · Vaughan J Carr · Melissa J Green
Assessing the adequacy and sustainability of the Northern Territory health workforce with respect to burden of disease and injury, 2009–2021: an analysis of administrative data
Shortages in the NT health workforce must be eliminated to close health gaps between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians
Yuejen Zhao · Jo Wright · Renu Unnikrishnan · Ramakrishna Chondur · Danielle Green
Gender affirmation testosterone therapy, Australia, 2021–22: a review of PBS dispensing data
Knowing how many people use testosterone for gender affirmation is important for service provision and quality of care
Brendan J Nolan · Sav Zwickl · Jeffrey D Zajac · Ada S Cheung
Notification of acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease in hospitalised people in the Midwest region of Western Australia, 2012–2022: retrospective administrative data analysis
Clinician awareness of notification requirements and automated technology that facilitates ARF/RHD notifications are needed
Ingrid Stacey · Yolande Knight · Claire MX Ong · Amy Lee · Suresh Karuppannan · Allison Christou · Judith M Katzenellenbogen
Persistent symptoms after COVID‐19: an Australian stratified random health survey on long COVID
Improved community understanding of long COVID is required, and health systems need to develop clear pathways for treating patients, especially for those with persistent impairment
Alex Holmes · Lance Emerson · Louis B Irving · Emma Tippett · Jeffrey M Pullin · Julie Young · David A Watters · Adina Hamilton
Factors associated with general practitioner‐led diagnosis of long COVID: an observational study using electronic general practice data from Victoria and New South Wales, Australia
Identification of predisposing risk factors is essential to inform early intervention and management strategies for patients at greatest risk of long COVID
Abbish Kamalakkannan · Mirela Prgomet · Judith Thomas · Christopher Pearce · Precious McGuire · Fiona Mackintosh · Andrew Georgiou
Hospital costs of COVID‐19, post‐COVID‐19 condition and other viral pneumonias: a cost comparison analysis
COVID-19 has introduced an additional and significant caseload to the health care system, diverting resources from other areas of the system
Danielle Hitch · Mary Rose Angeles · Eric Lau · Kelli Nicola‐Richmond · Catherine Bennett · Catherine M Said · Sara Holton · Kimberley Haines · Bodil Rasmussen · Genevieve Pepin · Kieva Richards · Martin Hensher
The economic burden of long COVID in Australia: more noise than signal?
Regular, high quality surveillance data are an essential but lacking ingredient in Australia’s policy response to long COVID
Mary Rose Angeles · Thi Thu Ngan Dinh · Ting Zhao · Barbara Graaff · Martin Hensher