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Age group‐specific changes in keratinocyte cancer treatment rates in Australia, 2012–2021: a retrospective cohort study based on MBS claims data
Factors contributing to lower keratinocyte cancer treatment rates among younger Australians require further investigation
Catherine M Olsen · Nirmala Pandeya · Rachel E Neale · David C Whiteman
How should artificial intelligence be used in Australian health care? Recommendations from a citizens’ jury
Australians welcome clinical applications of AI, provided that strong governance is in place
Stacy M Carter · Yves Saint James Aquino · Lucy Carolan · Emma Frost · Chris Degeling · Wendy A Rogers · Ian A Scott · Katy JL Bell · Belinda Fabrianesi · Farah Magrabi
The Health4Life e‐health intervention for modifying lifestyle risk behaviours of adolescents: secondary outcomes of a cluster randomised controlled trial
School-based e-health multiple health behaviour change interventions need effective engagement strategies to maximise their effectiveness
Siobhan O'Dean · Matthew Sunderland · Nicola Newton · Lauren Gardner · Maree Teesson · Cath Chapman · Louise Thornton · Tim Slade · Leanne Hides · Nyanda McBride · Frances J Kay‐Lambkin · Steve J Allsop · David Lubans · Belinda Parmenter · Katherine Mills · Bonnie Spring · Bridie Osman · Rhiannon Ellem · Scarlett Smout · Karrah McCann · Emily Hunter · Amra Catakovic · Katrina Champion
Pharmaceutical company payments to Australian doctors reported to Medicines Australia, 2019–22: a cross‐sectional analysis
Greater transparency is needed, and linkage with AHPRA numbers would facilitate the identification of individual recipients
Malcolm Forbes · Yeshna Bhowon · Barbara Mintzes
Lifestyle advice from general practitioners and changes in health‐related behaviour in Australia: secondary analysis of 2020–21 National Health Survey data
Interventions that prioritise effective lifestyle advice from general practitioners are needed to combat major risk factors for chronic medical conditions
Loai Albarqouni · Hannah Greenwood · Caroline Dowsett · Paul P Glasziou
Private equity investment in health care delivery, Australia, 2008–2022
Doctors are increasingly likely to interact with private equity firms and assets owned by these firms
Victoria L Berquist
The Australian Health Care Homes trial: quality of care and patient outcomes. A propensity score‐matched cohort study
Improved access to care and processes of care were achieved, but not in diabetes-related outcomes, hospital use, or risk of death
Duong T Tran · Michael O Falster · Jim Pearse · Deniza Mazevska · Patrick McElduff · Sallie Pearson · Kees C Gool · Jane Hall · Louisa Jorm
Ambient maximum daily temperature and mental health‐related presentations to a western Sydney emergency department, 2015–2019: analysis of hospital and meteorological data
Health services should be alert to the potential effects of high ambient temperatures on mental health presentations, particularly by women
Wen Yu Claire Ooi · Taylor A Braund · James Elhindi · Anthony WF Harris
The impact of tightened prescribing restrictions for PBS-subsidised opioid medicines and the introduction of half-pack sizes, Australia, 2020–21: an interrupted time series analysis
The introduction of new PBS rules for subsidised opioid medicines were followed by a decline in subsidised dispensing
Forrest C Koch · Jake Olivier · Jonathan Brett · Nicholas A Buckley · Natasa Gisev · Sallie Pearson · Benjamin Daniels
Long COVID in a highly vaccinated but largely unexposed Australian population following the 2022 SARS‐CoV‐2 Omicron wave: a cross‐sectional survey
General practices play a major role in managing the burden of long COVID in Australia
Mulu Woldegiorgis · Gemma Cadby · Sera Ngeh · Rosemary J Korda · Paul K Armstrong · Jelena Maticevic · Paul Knight · Andrew Jardine · Lauren E Bloomfield · Paul V Effler
Post‐COVID‐19 condition symptoms 12 and 24 months after COVID‐19 during the first month of the pandemic in Melbourne: a cohort study
People frequently report somatic, psychiatric, and neurocognitive symptoms consistent with post-COVID-19 up to 24 months after COVID-19
Dorothy Q Ling · Grace Gibney · Fiona James · Natasha E Holmes · Kyra YL Chua
The uptake of long‐acting depot buprenorphine for treating opioid dependence in Australia, 2019–2022: longitudinal sales data analysis
There was a marked shift from daily opioid agonist treatments to long-acting depot buprenorphine during 2019–2022
Nicholas Lintzeris · Victoria Hayes · Adrian J Dunlop
Expanding access to fracture liaison services in Australia for people with minimal trauma fractures: a system dynamics modelling study
Changing key FLS operational characteristics would only moderately reduce minimal trauma fractures among people aged 50 years or more
Alicia R Jones · Danielle Currie · Cindy Peng · Peter R Ebeling · Jackie R Center · Gustavo Duque · Sean Lybrand · Greg Lyubomirsky · Rebecca J Mitchell · Sallie Pearson · Markus J Seibel · Jo‐An Occhipinti
First implantable cardiac defibrillator insertions in New South Wales, 2005–2020: an analysis of linked administrative data
ICDs should be offered only to people for whom the potential benefit outweighs the potential harm
Lin Zhu · Andrew Hayen · Bianca Blanch · Nathan Engstrom · Jenny A Doust · Christopher Semsarian · Katy JL Bell
The effectiveness of maternal pertussis vaccination for protecting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander infants against infection, 2012–2017: a retrospective cohort study
Increasing the pertussis vaccination rate requires culturally appropriate strategies co-designed with local organisations and communities
Lisa McHugh · Heather A D’Antoine · Mohinder Sarna · Michael J Binks · Hannah C Moore · Ross M Andrews · Gavin F Pereira · Christopher C Blyth · Paul Van Buynder · Karin Lust · Annette K Regan
Presentations to selected Melbourne hospitals with cardiovascular disease by Indigenous and non‐Indigenous people, 2011–19: a linked administrative data analysis
Taking social health determinants into account is important for reducing the CVD burden for Indigenous Victorians
Eloise Price · Aneta Kotevski · Karen Lamb · Digsu Koye · Georgia Taylor · Gabrielle Ebsworth · Luke Burchill
The views of parents and carers on managing acute otitis media in urban Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children: a qualitative study
Shared decision making informed by the experience of parents and carers could reduce antibiotic use for managing acute otitis media
Jennifer S Reath · Sarah O'Brien · Letitia Campbell · Hasantha Gunasekera · Claudette A Tyson · Deborah A Askew · Wendy Hu · Tim Usherwood · Kelvin Kong · Peter Morris · Amanda J Leach · Robyn Walsh · Penelope A Abbott
Who smokes in Australia? Cross‐sectional analysis of Australian Bureau of Statistics survey data, 2017–19
Our evidence-based profile of people who smoke can inform population and targeted interventions for reducing tobacco use
Jessica Yi Han Aw · Christina Heris · Raglan Maddox · Grace Joshy · Emily Banks AM
Bronchiectasis among Indigenous adults in the Top End of the Northern Territory, 2011–2020: a retrospective cohort study
Characterising the epidemiology of bronchiectasis in Indigenous Australia is crucial for its accurate diagnosis and effective management
Claire Gibbs · Timothy Howarth · Adriana Ticoalu · Winnie Chen · Payi L Ford · Asanga Abeyaratne · Lata Jayaram · Gabrielle McCallum · Subash S Heraganahally
Immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy for advanced cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma in Australia: a retrospective real world cohort study
ICI therapy could benefit a broader range of people with advanced CSCC than are eligible for clinical trials
Luke S McLean · Annette M Lim · Mathias Bressel · Jenny Lee · Rahul Ladwa · Alexander D Guminski · Brett Hughes · Samantha Bowyer · Karen Briscoe · Samuel Harris · Craig Kukard · Rob Zielinski · Muhammad Alamgeer · Matteo Carlino · Jeremy Mo · John J Park · Muhammad A Khattak · Fiona Day · Danny Rischin
The Alfred Health post‐COVID‐19 service, Melbourne, 2020–2022: an observational cohort study
Our outpatient triage model can efficiently facilitate care for people with persistent symptoms after COVID-19
Anne E Holland · Daniel Fineberg · Tunya Marceau · Melissa Chong · Jessica Beaman · Lisa Wilson · Jo‐Anne Buchanan · Jacqueline Uren · Simone Dal Corso · Natasha A Lannin · Mariana Hoffman · Christie R Mellerick · Kathya Fernando · Janet Bondarenko
Steatotic liver disease in rural and regional Victoria, according to the NAFLD and newer diagnostic criteria: retrospective cohort analyses of 2001–03 and 2016–18 data
The rising prevalence of steatotic liver disease parallels that of obesity in regional and rural Victoria
Karl Vaz · William W Kemp · Ammar Majeed · John Lubel · Dianna Magliano · Kristen Glenister · Lisa Bourke · David Simmons · Stuart K Roberts
Changes in the numbers of hospital‐based abortions and outpatient early medical abortions in Victoria, 2012–22: a retrospective cohort study
The availability of outpatient abortion was important for maintaining access during the COVID-19 pandemic
Melvin B Marzan · Eleanor Johnson · Patricia Moore · Heng Jiang · Lisa Hui
The prevalence of and factors associated with prior induced abortion among women who gave birth in Victoria, 2010–2019
More comprehensive demographic data regarding unintended pregnancies and reproductive health service access would better guide policy and practice
Kristina Edvardsson · Kirsten I Black · Deborah Bateson · Wendy V Norman · Mridula Shankar · Leesa Hooker · Xia Li · Angela J Taft
Socio‐economic status and access to fluoridated water in Queensland: an ecological data linkage study
Queensland water fluoridation policy should be revised so that all residents can benefit from this evidence-based public health intervention
Christopher T Sexton · Diep H Ha · Thu Le · Ratilal Lalloo · Pauline Ford · Loc G Do · Nicole Stormon
