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
CONCLUSIONS: The introduction of new PBS rules for subsidised opioid medicines was followed by a decline in PBS-subsidised dispensing. Some people may have bypassed the new restrictions by switching to private prescriptions, but our findings suggest that opioid medicine use in Australia declined as a result of the new restrictions.PMID:38522006 | DOI:10.5694/mja2.52257 (Source: Medical Journal of Australia)
Source: Medical Journal of Australia - March 24, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Forrest C Koch Jake Olivier Jonathan Brett Nicholas A Buckley Natasa Gisev Sallie Pearson Benjamin Daniels Source Type: research
The 2023 report of the MJA-Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: sustainability needed in Australia's health care sector
Med J Aust. 2024 Mar 24. doi: 10.5694/mja2.52245. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe MJA-Lancet Countdown on health and climate change in Australia was established in 2017 and produced its first national assessment in 2018 and annual updates in 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022. It examines five broad domains: health hazards, exposures and impacts; adaptation, planning and resilience for health; mitigation actions and health co-benefits; economics and finance; and public and political engagement. In this, the sixth report of the MJA-Lancet Countdown, we track progress on an extensive suite of indicators across these five domains, a...
Source: Medical Journal of Australia - March 24, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Paul J Beggs Stefan Trueck Martina K Linnenluecke Hilary Bambrick Anthony G Capon Ivan C Hanigan Nicolas Borchers Arriagada Troy J Cross Sharon Friel Donna Green Maddie Heenan Ollie Jay Harry Kennard Arunima Malik Celia McMichael Mark Stevenson Sotiris Va Source Type: research
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
CONCLUSIONS: The introduction of new PBS rules for subsidised opioid medicines was followed by a decline in PBS-subsidised dispensing. Some people may have bypassed the new restrictions by switching to private prescriptions, but our findings suggest that opioid medicine use in Australia declined as a result of the new restrictions.PMID:38522006 | DOI:10.5694/mja2.52257 (Source: Medical Journal of Australia)
Source: Medical Journal of Australia - March 24, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Forrest C Koch Jake Olivier Jonathan Brett Nicholas A Buckley Natasa Gisev Sallie Pearson Benjamin Daniels Source Type: research
The 2023 report of the MJA-Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: sustainability needed in Australia's health care sector
Med J Aust. 2024 Mar 24. doi: 10.5694/mja2.52245. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe MJA-Lancet Countdown on health and climate change in Australia was established in 2017 and produced its first national assessment in 2018 and annual updates in 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022. It examines five broad domains: health hazards, exposures and impacts; adaptation, planning and resilience for health; mitigation actions and health co-benefits; economics and finance; and public and political engagement. In this, the sixth report of the MJA-Lancet Countdown, we track progress on an extensive suite of indicators across these five domains, a...
Source: Medical Journal of Australia - March 24, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Paul J Beggs Stefan Trueck Martina K Linnenluecke Hilary Bambrick Anthony G Capon Ivan C Hanigan Nicolas Borchers Arriagada Troy J Cross Sharon Friel Donna Green Maddie Heenan Ollie Jay Harry Kennard Arunima Malik Celia McMichael Mark Stevenson Sotiris Va Source Type: research
Hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae causing emphysematous pyelonephritis: a life-threatening pathogen within Australian communities
Med J Aust. 2024 Mar 21. doi: 10.5694/mja2.52265. Online ahead of print.NO ABSTRACTPMID:38514253 | DOI:10.5694/mja2.52265 (Source: Medical Journal of Australia)
Source: Medical Journal of Australia - March 21, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Katherine Gc Ong John R Dyer Dickon Hayne Source Type: research
The Australian Health Care Homes trial: quality of care and patient outcomes. A propensity score-matched cohort study
CONCLUSIONS: The HCH program was associated with greater access to care and improved processes of care for people with chronic diseases, but not changes in diabetes-related outcomes, most measures of hospital use, or risk of death.PMID:38514449 | DOI:10.5694/mja2.52266 (Source: Medical Journal of Australia)
Source: Medical Journal of Australia - March 21, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Duong T Tran Michael O Falster Jim Pearse Deniza Mazevska Patrick McElduff Sallie Pearson Kees C van Gool Jane Hall Louisa Jorm Source Type: research
Hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae causing emphysematous pyelonephritis: a life-threatening pathogen within Australian communities
Med J Aust. 2024 Mar 21. doi: 10.5694/mja2.52265. Online ahead of print.NO ABSTRACTPMID:38514253 | DOI:10.5694/mja2.52265 (Source: Medical Journal of Australia)
Source: Medical Journal of Australia - March 21, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Katherine Gc Ong John R Dyer Dickon Hayne Source Type: research
The Australian Health Care Homes trial: quality of care and patient outcomes. A propensity score-matched cohort study
CONCLUSIONS: The HCH program was associated with greater access to care and improved processes of care for people with chronic diseases, but not changes in diabetes-related outcomes, most measures of hospital use, or risk of death.PMID:38514449 | DOI:10.5694/mja2.52266 (Source: Medical Journal of Australia)
Source: Medical Journal of Australia - March 21, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Duong T Tran Michael O Falster Jim Pearse Deniza Mazevska Patrick McElduff Sallie Pearson Kees C van Gool Jane Hall Louisa Jorm Source Type: research
Long COVID in a highly vaccinated but largely unexposed Australian population following the 2022 SARS-CoV-2 Omicron wave: a cross-sectional survey
CONCLUSION: Ninety days after infection with the Omicron SARS-CoV-2 variant, 18.2% of survey respondents reported symptoms consistent with long COVID, of whom 38.7% (7.1% of all survey respondents) sought health care for related health concerns two to three months after the acute infection.PMID:38508863 | DOI:10.5694/mja2.52256 (Source: Medical Journal of Australia)
Source: Medical Journal of Australia - March 20, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Mulu Woldegiorgis Gemma Cadby Sera Ngeh Rosemary J Korda Paul K Armstrong Jelena Maticevic Paul Knight Andrew Jardine Lauren E Bloomfield Paul V Effler Source Type: research
Australia's surgical research: from the laboratory to health systems
Med J Aust. 2024 Mar 18;220(5):221. doi: 10.5694/mja2.52251.NO ABSTRACTPMID:38493351 | DOI:10.5694/mja2.52251 (Source: Medical Journal of Australia)
Source: Medical Journal of Australia - March 17, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Maria C Inacio Francis Geronimo Virginia Barbour Source Type: research
First implantable cardiac defibrillator insertions in New South Wales, 2005-2020: an analysis of linked administrative data
CONCLUSIONS: The annual number of new ICDs inserted in NSW has increased since 2005. A substantial proportion of recipients experience device-related problems that require re-admission to hospital. The potential harms of ICD insertion should be considered when assessing the likelihood of preventing fatal ventricular arrhythmia.PMID:38493353 | DOI:10.5694/mja2.52246 (Source: Medical Journal of Australia)
Source: Medical Journal of Australia - March 17, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Lin Zhu Andrew Hayen Bianca Blanch Nathan Engstrom Jenny A Doust Christopher Semsarian Katy Jl Bell Source Type: research
Medicare-funded reproductive genetic carrier screening in Australia has arrived: are we ready?
Med J Aust. 2024 Mar 17. doi: 10.5694/mja2.52261. Online ahead of print.NO ABSTRACTPMID:38493786 | DOI:10.5694/mja2.52261 (Source: Medical Journal of Australia)
Source: Medical Journal of Australia - March 17, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Alice P Rogers Lara Fitzgerald Jan Liebelt Christopher Barnett Source Type: research
Australia's surgical research: from the laboratory to health systems
Med J Aust. 2024 Mar 18;220(5):221. doi: 10.5694/mja2.52251.NO ABSTRACTPMID:38493351 | DOI:10.5694/mja2.52251 (Source: Medical Journal of Australia)
Source: Medical Journal of Australia - March 17, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Maria C Inacio Francis Geronimo Virginia Barbour Source Type: research
First implantable cardiac defibrillator insertions in New South Wales, 2005-2020: an analysis of linked administrative data
CONCLUSIONS: The annual number of new ICDs inserted in NSW has increased since 2005. A substantial proportion of recipients experience device-related problems that require re-admission to hospital. The potential harms of ICD insertion should be considered when assessing the likelihood of preventing fatal ventricular arrhythmia.PMID:38493353 | DOI:10.5694/mja2.52246 (Source: Medical Journal of Australia)
Source: Medical Journal of Australia - March 17, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Lin Zhu Andrew Hayen Bianca Blanch Nathan Engstrom Jenny A Doust Christopher Semsarian Katy Jl Bell Source Type: research
