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Statistics, epidemiology and research design

Systematic review

Non‐clinical eye care support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians: a systematic review

Aryati Yashadhana, Ling Lee, Jessica Massie and Anthea Burnett

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (5): 222-228 Free

Letters

The impact of rapid molecular diagnostic testing for respiratory viruses on outcomes for emergency department patients

Anthea L Katelaris, Ross M Andrews and Jeremy McAnulty

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (2): 94-94.e1

Research

Estimating the magnitude of cancer overdiagnosis in Australia

Paul P Glasziou, Mark A Jones, Thanya Pathirana, Alexandra L Barratt and Katy JL Bell

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (4): 163-168 Free

Research

Second primary cancers in people who had cancer as children: an Australian Childhood Cancer Registry population‐based study

Danny R Youlden, Peter D Baade, Adèle C Green, Patricia C Valery, Andrew S Moore and Joanne F Aitken

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (3): 121-125

Medical education / Key research skills

Test accuracy and potential sources of bias in diagnostic test evaluation

Katy JL Bell, Petra Macaskill and Clement Loy

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (1): 10-13.e1

Editorials

Estimating the lifetime risks of cancer: the best measure depends on your purpose

Elizabeth Buckley and David M Roder

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (1): 14-15

Perspectives

Australian Health Research Alliance: national priorities in data‐driven health care improvement

Helena J Teede, Alison Johnson, Jim Buttery, Cheryl A Jones, Douglas IR Boyle, Garry LR Jennings and Tim Shaw

Med J Aust 2019; 211 (11): 494-497.e1

Perspectives

Sex and gender in health research: updating policy to reflect evidence

The Sex and Gender Sensitive Research Call to Action Group

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (2): 57-62.e1 Free

Perspectives

The ethics approval process for multisite research studies in Australia: changes sought by the Australian Genomics initiative

Matilda A Haas, Tiffany F Boughtwood and Michael CJ Quinn, on behalf of Australian Genomics

Med J Aust 2019; 211 (10): 440-444.e1

Perspectives

The 2019 report of the MJA–Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: a turbulent year with mixed progress

Paul J Beggs, Ying Zhang, Hilary Bambrick, Helen L Berry, Martina K Linnenluecke, Stefan Trueck, Peng Bi, Sinead M Boylan, Donna Green, Yuming Guo, Ivan C Hanigan, Fay H Johnston, Diana L Madden, Arunima Malik, Geoffrey G Morgan, Sarah Perkins‐Kirkpatrick, Lucie Rychetnik, Mark Stevenson, Nick Watts and Anthony G Capon

Med J Aust 2019; 211 (11): 490-491.e21 Free

Research

Is the risk of cancer in Australia overstated? The importance of competing mortality for estimating lifetime risk

Anthea C Bach, Kelvin SE Lo, Thanya Pathirana, Paul P Glasziou, Alexandra L Barratt, Mark A Jones and Katy JL Bell

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (1): 17-22 Free

Perspectives

Biostatistics: a fundamental discipline at the core of modern health data science

Katherine J Lee, Margarita Moreno‐Betancur, Jessica Kasza, Ian C Marschner, Adrian G Barnett and John B Carlin

Med J Aust 2019; 211 (10): 444-446.e1 Free

Perspectives

Including ethnic and cultural diversity in dementia research

Lee‐Fay Low, Annica L Barcenilla‐Wong and Bianca Brijnath

Med J Aust 2019; 211 (8): 345-346.e1

Letters

Baby boomers and booze: we should be worried about how older Australians are drinking

Tim Roselli

Med J Aust 2019; 211 (8): 381-381.e1

Letters

Baby boomers and booze: we should be worried about how older Australians are drinking

Ann M Roche and Victoria Kostadinov

Med J Aust 2019; 211 (8): 382-382.e1

Systematic review/Meta‐analysis

Residual risk of infection with blood‐borne viruses in potential organ donors at increased risk of infection: systematic review and meta‐analysis

Karen MJ Waller, Nicole L De La Mata, Patrick J Kelly, Vidiya Ramachandran, William D Rawlinson, Kate R Wyburn and Angela C Webster

Med J Aust 2019; 211 (9): 414-420

Perspectives

Evolution not revolution: the future of the randomised controlled trial in intensive care research

Sandra Peake, Anthony Delaney and Craig J French

Med J Aust 2019; 211 (7): 303-305.e1

Perspectives

Difficulties in knowing which critical care trial data warrant change in practice

Benjamin Reddi, Mark Finnis and Sandra Peake

Med J Aust 2019; 211 (7): 306-307.e1

Research letters

Health care for older people in rural and remote Australia: challenges for service provision

Fergus W Gardiner, Alice M Richardson, Lara Bishop, Abby Harwood, Elli Gardiner, Lauren Gale, Narcissus Teoh, Robyn M Lucas and Martin Laverty

Med J Aust 2019; 211 (8): 363-364 Free

Letters

Record number of influenza tests in 2019, not a “mutant flu crisis”

Vicky Sheppeard, Robin Gilmour and Sean Tobin

Med J Aust 2019; 211 (7): 333-333.e1

Perspectives

Machine learning in clinical practice: prospects and pitfalls

Ian A Scott, David Cook, Enrico W Coiera and Brent Richards

Med J Aust 2019; 211 (5): 203-205.e1

Research letters

Leprosy in Far North Queensland: almost gone, but not to be forgotten

Allison Hempenstall, Simon Smith and Josh Hanson

Med J Aust 2019; 211 (4): 182-183 Free

Letters

Adjunctive bacteriophage therapy for prosthetic valve endocarditis due to Staphylococcus aureus

Timothy Gilbey, Josephine Ho, Louise A Cooley, Aleksandra Petrovic Fabijan and Jonathan R Iredell

Med J Aust 2019; 211 (3): 142-143.e1

Editorials

Interpreting the “league tables of death”: advance Australia backwards?

Adrian E Bauman

Med J Aust 2019; 210 (9): 400-401

Editorials

Improving recruitment for clinical trials: the human touch

Pardeep S Jhund

Med J Aust 2019; 210 (9): 401-402