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ANZ Health Policy

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Australian Health Review explores health policy and management including healthcare delivery systems, clinical programs, and health financing. More

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Published online 09 February 2012
An organised approach to the podiatric care of people with diabetes in regional Australia 
Byron M. Perrin, Marcus J. Gardner, Susan R. Kennett, Jodie L. Cornelius and Michael J. Fanning
 
  


 
Published online 09 February 2012
Effective change management in a regional Sub-acute Ambulatory Care Services setting 
Bruce W. Campbell
 
  


 
Published online 09 February 2012
Do Indigenous Australians age prematurely? The implications of life expectancy and health conditions of older Indigenous people for health and aged care policy 
Philippa R. Cotter, John R. Condon, Tony Barnes, Ian P. S. Anderson, Leonard R. Smith and Teresa Cunningham
 
  


 
Published online 09 February 2012
Uptake and implementation of Advance Care Planning in Australia: findings of key informant interviews 
Joel J. Rhee, Nicholas A. Zwar and Lynn A. Kemp
 
  


 
Published online 09 February 2012
Universal for whom? Evaluating an urban Aboriginal population 
John Widdup, Elizabeth J. Comino, Vana Webster and Jennifer Knight
 
  


 
Published online 15 December 2011
Opportunistic evidence: evidence-based policy in the setting of the Australian Government 
Simon R. Crouch
 
  


 
Published online 09 December 2011
Influence of living arrangements on health services utilisation in Australia 
M. Afzal Mahmood, Anna E. Bauze, Justin T. Lokhorst, Peng Bi and Arthur Saniotis
 
  



Australian Health Review
Volume 35 Number 4 2011

 
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The nuts and bolts of pills and potions: the functions of a drug safety working group 
Noleen S. Nath, Ellen H. Jones, Peter Stride, Manuja Premaratne, Darshit Thaker and Ivan Lim
pp. 395-398
 
  
 


 
The active management of surgical waiting lists: a urological surgery case study 
Russell J. Briggs, Katrina M. Smith, Ebony M. Dejager, John T. Callahan, Jennifer A. Abernethy, Eddie J. Dunn and David J. Hunter-Smith
pp. 399-403
 
  
 


 
Use of consensus methods to select clinical indicators to assess activities to minimise functional decline among older hospitalised patients 
Joanne Tropea, Bhasker Amatya, Caroline A. Brand and The Expert Advisory Group
pp. 404-411
 
  
 


 
The state of physical environments in Australian residential aged care facilities 
Kirsten J. Moore, Keith D. Hill, Andrew L. Robinson, Terry P. Haines, Betty Haralambous and Jennifer C. Nitz
pp. 412-417
 
  
 


 
'All these allied health professionals and you're not really sure when you use them': insights from Australian international medical graduates on working with allied health 
Pam D. McGrath, David Henderson, John Tamargo and Hamish A. Holewa
pp. 418-423
 
  
 


 
The social mission of Australian medical schools in a time of expansion 
John S. G. Biggs and Robert W. Wells
pp. 424-429
 
  
 


 
Intern culture, internal resistance: uptake of peer review in two Australian hospital internship programs 
Cathy Owen, Paul W. Mathews, Christine Phillips, Wayne Ramsey, Gerry Corrigan, Mark Bassett and Johannes Wenzel
pp. 430-435
 
  
 


 
Hospital administration team development and support in a children's cancer service 
Penelope J. Slater
pp. 436-443
 
  
 


 
Two hundred days of nurse practitioner prescribing and role development: a case study report from a hospital-based acute pain management team 
Anthony V. Schoenwald
pp. 444-447
 
  
 


 
The status of Australian nurse practitioners: the second national census 
Sandy Middleton, Anne Gardner, Glenn Gardner and Phillip R. Della
pp. 448-454
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Does workforce regulation have the intended effect? The case of Chinese medicine practitioner registration 
Vivian Lin and Debra Gillick
pp. 455-461
 
  
 


 
Frequent emergency attenders: is there a better way? 
Sue E. Kirby, Sarah M. Dennis, Upali W. Jayasinghe and Mark F. Harris
pp. 462-467
 
  
 


 
Investing in big ideas: utilisation and cost of Medicare Allied Health services in Australia under the Chronic Disease Management initiative in primary care 
Robyn P. Cant and Michele M. Foster
pp. 468-474
   |        Open Access Article
 


 
Low levels of uptake of free interpreters by Australian doctors in private practice: secondary analysis of national data 
Christine B. Phillips and Joanne Travaglia
pp. 475-479
 
  
 


 
Complex health service needs for people who are homeless 
Gaye Moore, Elizabeth Manias and Marie Frances Gerdtz
pp. 480-485
 
  
 


 
Consistent evaluation of treatment outcomes across subacute and community settings: experience of the Graduated Discharge Program 
Svetlana Umansky, Anne E. Holland, Kerryn L. Woolley, Frances M. Wise and Peter C. Hunter
pp. 486-490
 
  
 


 
A cost analysis of febrile neutropenia management in Australia: ambulatory v. in-hospital treatment 
Senthil Lingaratnam, Leon J. Worth, Monica A. Slavin, Craig A. Bennett, Suzanne W. Kirsa, John F. Seymour, Andrew Dalton, Bogda Koczwara, H. Miles Prince, Mary O'Reilly, Linda Mileshkin, Jeff Szer and Karin A. Thursky
pp. 491-500
 
  
 


 
The efficient price: an opportunity for funding reform 
Jonathan Karnon, David I. Ben-Tovim, Clarabelle T. Pham, Orla Caffrey, Paul H. Hakendorf, Maria Crotty and Paddy A. Phillips
pp. 501-506
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Comorbidity indexes from administrative datasets: what is measured? 
Shyamala G. Nadathur
pp. 507-511
 
  
 


 
Lung health care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Queenslanders: breathing easy is not so easy 
Kerry-Ann F. O'Grady, Amber Revell, Graeme P. Maguire, Renate Millonig, Michael A. Newman, David W. Reid, Deborah C. Hill and Anne B. Chang
pp. 512-519
 
  
 


 
Rebuilding community: considerations for policy makers in the wake of the 2011 Queensland floods 
Elizabeth Kendall, Letitia Del Fabbro, Carolyn Ehrlich and Kylie Rixon
pp. 520-522
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The Australian Health Care System, 4th edn, by S. Duckett and S. Willcox 
Reviewed by Gary E. Day
pp. 523-523
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1. Published 25 November 2010
'I don't know why they don't come': barriers to participation in cardiac rehabilitation

Michelle L. DiGiacomo, Sandra C. Thompson, Julie S. Smith, Kate P. Taylor, Lynette A. Dimer, Mohammed A. Ali, Marianne M. Wood, Timothy G. Leahy and Patricia M. Davidson

2. Published 25 August 2010
Implications of excess weight on mental wellbeing

Jodie Morris, Stefan Koehn, Brenda Happell, Trudy Dwyer and Lorna Moxham

3. Published 25 August 2011
Role of Australian primary healthcare organisations (PHCOs) in primary healthcare (PHC) workforce planning: lessons from abroad

Lucio Naccarella, James Buchan, Bill Newton and Peter Brooks

4. Published 25 May 2010
An integrative review of the role of registered nurses in remote and isolated practice

Meaghan Coyle, Mohammad A. Al-Motlaq, Jane Mills, Karen Francis and Melanie Birks

5. Published 25 August 2011
Comparing the coding of complications in Queensland and Victorian admitted patient data

Jude L. Michel, Diana Cheng and Terri J. Jackson

6. Published 25 August 2011
Closing the (service) gap: exploring partnerships between Aboriginal and mainstream health services

Kate P. Taylor and Sandra C. Thompson

7. Published 25 November 2011
Frequent emergency attenders: is there a better way?

Sue E. Kirby, Sarah M. Dennis, Upali W. Jayasinghe and Mark F. Harris

8. Published 25 August 2011
Resource allocation and economic evaluation in Australia's healthcare system

Abdolvahab Baghbanian, Ian Hughes and Freidoon A. Khavarpour

9. Published 25 August 2011
Do triage systems in healthcare improve patient flow? A systematic review of the literature

Katherine E. Harding, Nicholas F. Taylor and Sandra G. Leggat

10. Published 25 May 2011
Building capacity in Australian interprofessional health education: perspectives from key health and higher education stakeholders

Lynda R. Matthews, Rosalie B. Pockett, Gillian Nisbet, Jill E. Thistlethwaite, Roger Dunston, Alison Lee and Jill F. White

11. Published 25 May 2011
Trial of an allied health workload allocation model

Nadine C. Simmons and Suzanne S. Kuys

12. Published 25 November 2010
ISBAR for clear communication: one hospital's experience spreading the message

Monica A. Finnigan, Stuart D. Marshall and Brendan T. Flanagan

13. Published 25 November 2010
Aboriginal cultural awareness training: policy v. accountability – failure in reality

Barbara Westwood and Geoff Westwood

14. Published 25 November 2011
'All these allied health professionals and you're not really sure when you use them': insights from Australian international medical graduates on working with allied health

Pam D. McGrath, David Henderson, John Tamargo and Hamish A. Holewa

15. Published 25 August 2011
Paying the right price for pharmaceuticals: a case study of why the comparator matters

Jean M. Spinks and Jeff R. J. Richardson

16. Published 25 May 2011
Clinical informatics: a workforce priority for 21st century healthcare

Susan E. Smith, Lesley E. Drake, Julie-Gai B. Harris, Kay Watson and Peter G. Pohlner

17. Published 25 August 2010
The reported benefits of telehealth for rural Australians

Jennifer J. Moffatt and Diann S. Eley

18. Published 25 February 2011
Subacute casemix classification for stroke rehabilitation in Australia. How well does AN-SNAP v2 explain variance in outcomes?

Friedbert Kohler, Roger Renton, Hugh G. Dickson, John Estell and Carol E. Connolly

19. Published 25 August 2011
A residential aged care end-of-life care pathway (RAC EoLCP) for Australian aged care facilities

Liz Reymond, Fiona J. Israel and Margaret A. Charles

20. Published 25 May 2011
How is advance care planning conceptualised in Australia? Findings from key informant interviews

Joel J. Rhee and Nicholas A. Zwar

21. Published 25 May 2011
Segmenting a general practitioner market to improve recruitment outcomes

Elizabeth Hemphill and Carol T. Kulik

22. Published 25 February 2011
Making the connection: a qualitative study of brokerage in Aboriginal health in a metropolitan area of Victoria and a regional area of New South Wales

Melanie S. Cheng, Angela Clarke, Timothy D. Moore and Phyllis M. Lau

23. Published 25 May 2011
Determining priority of access to physiotherapy at Victorian community health services

Alison M. C. Brown and Marie Pirotta

24. Published 25 August 2011
Effective discharge planning – timely assignment of an estimated date of discharge

Lixin Ou, Jack Chen, Lis Young, Nancy Santiano, La-Stacey Baramy and Ken Hillman

25. Published 25 November 2010
Response to pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza in Australia – lessons from a State health department perspective

Tarun S. Weeramanthri, Andrew G. Robertson, Gary K. Dowse, Paul V. Effler, Muriel G. Leclercq, Jeremy D. Burtenshaw, Susan J. Oldham, David W. Smith, Kathryn J. Gatti and Helen M. Gladstones

26. Published 25 May 2011
Receptionists in intake in community health

Rohena H. Duncombe

27. Published 25 May 2011
End-of-life care in acute hospitals

Ken M. Hillman

28. Published 25 November 2011
The nuts and bolts of pills and potions: the functions of a drug safety working group

Noleen S. Nath, Ellen H. Jones, Peter Stride, Manuja Premaratne, Darshit Thaker and Ivan Lim

29. Published 25 August 2010
Rural health career pathways: research themes in recruitment and retention

Karin A. Fisher and John D. Fraser

30. Published 25 February 2011
Evaluation of non-medical prescribing

Andrew R. Hale, Ian D. Coombes, Danielle A. Stowasser and Lisa Nissen

31. Published 25 February 2011
A 'snap shot' of the health of homeless people in inner Sydney: St Vincent's Hospital

Caroline N. Chin, Kate Sullivan and Stephen F. Wilson

32. Published 25 November 2010
Efficient funding: a path to improving Aboriginal healthcare in Australia?

Jane E. Lloyd and Marilyn J. Wise

33. Published 25 August 2011
Prevalence and prevention of workplace aggression in Australian clinical medical practice

Danny J. Hills, Catherine M. Joyce and John S. Humphreys

34. Published 25 August 2010
The impact of nurses on patient morbidity and mortality – the need for a policy change in response to the nursing shortage

Di Twigg, Christine Duffield, Peter L. Thompson and Pat Rapley

35. Published 25 November 2011
Complex health service needs for people who are homeless

Gaye Moore, Elizabeth Manias and Marie Frances Gerdtz

36. Published 25 November 2011
The status of Australian nurse practitioners: the second national census

Sandy Middleton, Anne Gardner, Glenn Gardner and Phillip R. Della

37. Published 25 November 2010
Informal care and the self-management partnership: implications for Australian health policy and practice

Beverley M. Essue, Tanisha Jowsey, Yun-Hee Jeon, Masoud Mirzaei, Carmen L. Pearce-Brown, Clive Aspin and Tim P. Usherwood

38. Published 25 May 2011
Mapping maternity services in Australia: location, classification and services

Caroline S. E. Homer, Janice Biggs, Geraldine Vaughan and Elizabeth A. Sullivan

39. Published 25 November 2011
The state of physical environments in Australian residential aged care facilities

Kirsten J. Moore, Keith D. Hill, Andrew L. Robinson, Terry P. Haines, Betty Haralambous and Jennifer C. Nitz

40. Published 25 August 2010
Sustainable workforce reform: case study of Victorian nurse practitioner roles

Julie Considine and Katy Fielding

41. Published 25 February 2011
The global financial crisis and Australian general practice

Ian S. McRae and Francesco Paolucci

42. Published 25 February 2011
Surgical handover in a tertiary hospital: a working model

Frank Piscioneri and Guan C. Chong

43. Published 25 February 2011
Indigenous women's expectations of clinical care during treatment for a gynaecological cancer: rural and remote differences in expectations

Eileen M. Willis, Judith Dwyer, Kei Owada, Leah Couzner, Debra King and Jo Wainer

44. Published 25 November 2011
The active management of surgical waiting lists: a urological surgery case study

Russell J. Briggs, Katrina M. Smith, Ebony M. Dejager, John T. Callahan, Jennifer A. Abernethy, Eddie J. Dunn and David J. Hunter-Smith

45. Published 25 November 2010
Evidence-based decision-making: practical issues in the appraisal of evidence to inform policy and practice

Bronwyn J. Carter

46. Published 25 August 2011
Effects of the Medicare enhanced primary care program on primary care physician contact in the population of older Western Australians with chronic diseases

David A. J. Gibson, Rachael E. Moorin, David B. Preen, Jon D. Emery and C. D'Arcy J Holman

47. Published 25 May 2011
Psychosocial oncology services in New South Wales

Nicole M. Rankin, Jennifer A. Barron, Lisbeth G. Lane, Catherine A. Mason, Sue Sinclair and James F. Bishop

48. Published 25 May 2011
'Nowhere to room … nobody told them': logistical and cultural impediments to Aboriginal peoples' participation in cancer treatment

Shaouli Shahid, Lizzie Finn, Dawn Bessarab and Sandra C. Thompson

49. Published 25 August 2011
Indigenous participation in an informal national Indigenous health policy network

Mark J. Lock, David P. Thomas, Ian P. Anderson and Philippa Pattison

50. Published 25 August 2011
From theory to practice of electronic handover

Sara L. Barnes, Donald A. Campbell, Keith A. Stockman and Dirk Wunderlink

51. Published 25 November 2011
Two hundred days of nurse practitioner prescribing and role development: a case study report from a hospital-based acute pain management team

Anthony V. Schoenwald

52. Published 25 August 2011
Hospital discharge: recommendations for performance improvement for family carers of people with dementia

Leslie R. Fitzgerald, Michael Bauer, Susan H. Koch and Susan J. King

53. Published 25 November 2010
Climate change and Australia's healthcare system – risks, research and responses

Haylee J. Weaver, Grant A. Blashki, Anthony G. Capon and Anthony J. McMichael

54. Published 25 November 2011
Use of consensus methods to select clinical indicators to assess activities to minimise functional decline among older hospitalised patients

Joanne Tropea, Bhasker Amatya, Caroline A. Brand and The Expert Advisory Group

55. Published 25 February 2011
Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme cost sharing, patient cost consciousness and prescription affordability

Evan Doran, Jane Robertson and Glenn Salkeld

56. Published 25 November 2011
Comorbidity indexes from administrative datasets: what is measured?

Shyamala G. Nadathur

57. Published 25 May 2011
Truncated careers in nuclear medicine technology: increased job control may improve retention

Edwina J. Adams, Jennifer M. Cox, Barbara J. Adamson and Deborah J. Schofield

58. Published 25 February 2011
Implementation and outcomes of a zero tolerance of bullying and harassment program

Marion Meloni and Michelle Austin

59. Published 25 November 2011
Intern culture, internal resistance: uptake of peer review in two Australian hospital internship programs

Cathy Owen, Paul W. Mathews, Christine Phillips, Wayne Ramsey, Gerry Corrigan, Mark Bassett and Johannes Wenzel

60. Published 25 November 2011
The social mission of Australian medical schools in a time of expansion

John S. G. Biggs and Robert W. Wells

61. Published 25 August 2010
Barriers to comorbidity service delivery: the complexities of dual diagnosis and the need to agree on terminology and conceptual frameworks

Rachel Canaway and Monika Merkes

62. Published 25 November 2011
Lung health care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Queenslanders: breathing easy is not so easy

Kerry-Ann F. O'Grady, Amber Revell, Graeme P. Maguire, Renate Millonig, Michael A. Newman, David W. Reid, Deborah C. Hill and Anne B. Chang

63. Published 25 August 2010
From leader to leadership: clinician managers and where to next?

Liz Fulop and Gary E. Day

64. Published 25 May 2010
Ward rounds: the next focus for quality improvement?

Owen M. Bradfield

65. Published 25 May 2010
Medicare and chronic disease management: integrated care as an exceptional circumstance?

Michael J. Taylor and Hal Swerissen

66. Published 25 February 2011
Hospital churn and casemix instability: implications for planning and educating the nursing workforce

Mary Chiarella and Jessica K. Roydhouse

67. Published 25 November 2011
The efficient price: an opportunity for funding reform

Jonathan Karnon, David I. Ben-Tovim, Clarabelle T. Pham, Orla Caffrey, Paul H. Hakendorf, Maria Crotty and Paddy A. Phillips

68. Published 25 May 2010
The Australian Palliative Care Outcomes Collaboration (PCOC) – measuring the quality and outcomes of palliative care on a routine basis

Kathy Eagar, Prue Watters, David C. Currow, Samar M. Aoun and Patsy Yates

69. Published 25 May 2011
Hidden costs associated with the universal application of risk management in maternity care

Meredith J. McIntyre, Ysanne Chapman and Karen Francis

70. Published 25 May 2011
Development of a multi-source feedback tool for consultant anaesthetist performance

Craig L. F. Noonan, John Monagle and Damian Castanelli

71. Published 25 August 2011
Appropriate seating for medical patients: an audit

Suzanne S. Kuys, Urszula E. Dolecka and Carol A. Morrison

72. Published 25 November 2011
A cost analysis of febrile neutropenia management in Australia: ambulatory v. in-hospital treatment

Senthil Lingaratnam, Leon J. Worth, Monica A. Slavin, Craig A. Bennett, Suzanne W. Kirsa, John F. Seymour, Andrew Dalton, Bogda Koczwara, H. Miles Prince, Mary O'Reilly, Linda Mileshkin, Jeff Szer and Karin A. Thursky

73. Published 25 August 2011
Shared services arrangement in a decentralising healthcare environment – will it work?

Dinesh K. Arya

74. Published 25 November 2010
The First Steps Program: a case study of a new model of community child health service

Margaret I. Barnes, Jan Pratt, Kathleen Finlayson, Barbara Pitt and Cheryl Knight

75. Published 25 February 2011
Achieving high immunisation rates amongst children in the Australian Capital Territory: a collaborative effort

Anthony M. Moore, Sandra Burgess, Hailey Shaw, Carolyn Banks, Irene Passaris and Charles Guest

76. Published 25 February 2011
Effects of compulsory rural vocational training for Australian general practitioners: a qualitative study

Sarah A. Bayley, Parker J. Magin, Jennifer M. Sweatman and Catherine M. Regan

77. Published 25 November 2011
Consistent evaluation of treatment outcomes across subacute and community settings: experience of the Graduated Discharge Program

Svetlana Umansky, Anne E. Holland, Kerryn L. Woolley, Frances M. Wise and Peter C. Hunter

78. Published 25 November 2011
Does workforce regulation have the intended effect? The case of Chinese medicine practitioner registration

Vivian Lin and Debra Gillick

79. Published 25 November 2011
Investing in big ideas: utilisation and cost of Medicare Allied Health services in Australia under the Chronic Disease Management initiative in primary care

Robyn P. Cant and Michele M. Foster

80. Published 25 August 2011
A tale of two cities: responses to the Eyjafjallajökull eruption and lessons for health disaster management

Isaac A. Seidl, Michael P. Daly, Andrew J. Johnson and Peter Aitken


      
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