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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
Changes in the incidence of type 2 diabetes in Australia, 2005–2019, overall and by socio‐demographic characteristics: a population‐based study
The incidence of type 2 diabetes in Australian adults declined during 2010–2019 across all age, sex, socio-economic disadvantage, and remoteness groups
Dianna J Magliano · Lei Chen · Jedidiah I Morton · Oyunchimeg Buyadaa · Agus Salim · Jonathan E Shaw
Adherence to clinical care standards and mortality after hip fracture surgery in New South Wales, 2015–2018: a retrospective population‐based study
High level acute clinical care, provided for about two-thirds of hip fractures, was associated with lower short and longer term mortality
Lara Harvey · Morag E Taylor · Ian A Harris · Rebecca J Mitchell · Ian D Cameron · Pooria Sarrami · Jacqueline Close
The likelihood of hospital‐acquired complications in older people with dementia: a matched cohort study
Targeted models of person-centred care are needed to ensure the best outcomes for people with dementia who are admitted to hospital
Danielle Ní Chróinín · Vicki Deane · Rinsy Pulikotil Zachariah · Katrina Stott · Bernadette Shepherd · Margaret Perkins · Leesa Giang · Rozina Shekhar · Vaulina Vueti · Mandana Mayahi‐Neysi · Amy Montgomery · Kaye Rolls · Steven A Frost
An outbreak of reactive infectious mucocutaneous eruption (RIME) after Mycoplasma pneumoniae infections in Sydney, 2024: retrospective case series
RIME causes significant pain and distress, but the prognosis is good, with recovery expected within 14 days
Joseph Joseph · Kelvin Truong · Artiene Tatian · Orli Wargon
A rise in Mycoplasma pneumoniae respiratory infections in Victoria in late 2023 and early 2024 detected at two major testing laboratories
The number of M. pneumoniae infections in Victoria began increasing in October 2023, but no signals for greater disease severity were detected
Maryza Graham · Thomas Tran · Changxu Zhang · Michelle Sam · Andrew Daley · Kathy Jackson · Chuan Kok Lim
Concurrent use of hormonal long‐acting reversible contraception by women of reproductive age dispensed teratogenic medications, Australia, 2013–2021: a retrospective cohort study
Awareness of the importance of hormonal contraception and its uptake by women prescribed category X medications should be increased
Luke E Grzeskowiak · Vivienne Moore · Kelly Hall · Jenni Ilomäki · Danielle Schoenaker · Elizabeth Lovegrove · Danielle Mazza · Kirsten I Black · Debra S Kennedy · Michael J Davies · Alice Rumbold
General practitioners’ views and experiences of postpartum contraception counselling and provision: a qualitative–descriptive study
General practitioners are well placed to facilitate discussions about contraception with women who have recently given birth
Jenna K Perkins · Sharon James · Danielle Mazza · Jessica R Botfield
Continuity of service and longer term retention of doctors training as general practitioners in the Remote Vocational Training Scheme
Service continuity outcomes can be improved in challenging settings by using place-based retention-focused programs like the RVTS
Matthew R McGrail · Belinda G O'Sullivan · Patrick Giddings
Holistic support framework for doctors training as rural and remote general practitioners: a realist evaluation of the RVTS model
Understanding how to deliver holistic supervision and support for the challenges doctors face when training as general practitioners in rural, remote and First Nations communities, can support interventions which build personal and professional resilience for rural practice
Belinda G O'Sullivan · Patrick Giddings · Ronda Gurney · Matthew R McGrail · Tiana Gurney