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Motor Neuron Disease Mortality Trends in Australia From 1986 to 2023: A Population-Based Study

Carol M. Y. Lee, Rupendra N. Shrestha, Julian Gold, Mark Stevenson, Kelly L. Williams, Lyndal Henden, Sandrine K. K. Chan Moi Fat, Zoe Zussa, Amanda Wright, Martin Jude, Mark A. S. Laidlaw, Willem J. R. Fokkink, Dominic B. Rowe

Med J Aust 2026; 224 (3): Open Access

Emergency Department Presentations and Hospitalisations for Elder Abuse in People Accessing Aged Care Services in Australia: A Retrospective Cross-Sectional Study

Stephanie L. Harrison, Sahar Barmomanesh, Bryan Morden, Maria C. Inacio, Gillian E. Caughey, on behalf of the ROSA Consumer and Community Advisory Committee

Med J Aust 2026; 224 (3): Open Access

The Association Between Alignment to the Breast Cancer Optimal Care Pathways and Patient Survival in Victoria, Australia, 2012–2019: A Retrospective Population-Based Cohort Study

Brandon S. Hao, Juan C. Quiroz, Ian N. Olver, Claire M. Vajdic

Med J Aust 2026; 224 (3): Open Access

Malignant Otitis Externa in Central Australia: A 15-Year Retrospective Review Between 2009 and 2024

George P. Drewett, Mini Jacob, Belle Culhane, Amy Booth, Connor Wright, Sajan Thomas, Anjali Abraham

Med J Aust 2026; 224 (3): Open Access

Ngalaiya Boorai Gabara Budbut: A Qualitative Study With Primary Care Providers to Understand Perceived Needs, Enablers, Barriers and Opportunities to Strengthen Care

Christianna Digenis, Rachel Reilly, Peter Azzopardi, Hilina Winkenweder, Odette Pearson, Kane Ellis, Jane Fisher, Debra J. Rickwood, Choong-Siew Yong, Ngiare Brown

Med J Aust 2026; 224 (3): Open Access

Strategies for Reducing Access Block and Waiting Time for Patients Seeking Emergency Hospital Care: Results of a Ward-Level Discrete Event Simulation at Queensland's Largest Public Hospitals

Hamed Hassanzadeh, Justin Boyle, Vahid Riahi, Hwan-Jin Yoon, Ibrahima Diouf, Sankalp Khanna, Clair Sullivan, Andrew Staib, Emma Bosley, Mahnaz Samadbeik, James F. Lind

Med J Aust 2026; 224 (2): Open Access

The Impact of Hospital Bed Occupancy on Patient Flow and Emergency Department Access: A 25-Hospital Cohort Study

Vahid Riahi, Justin Boyle, Hwan-Jin Yoon, Hamed Hassanzadeh, Ibrahima Diouf, Sankalp Khanna, Andrew Staib, Mahnaz Samadbeik, Clair Sullivan, Emma Bosley, James F. Lind

Med J Aust 2026; 224 (2): Open Access

Spatial and Temporal Patterns in Childhood and Adolescent Asthma Hospitalisations in Queensland, Australia: A 20-Year Ecological Study Across Climate Zones

Jialu Wang, Javier Cortes-Ramirez, Janet Davies, Wenbiao Hu

Med J Aust 2026; 224 (2): Open Access

The Association Between Access Block And Ambulance Ramping, And The Impact of COVID-19: A Retrospective Observational Cohort Study of 25 Queensland Hospitals

Hwan-Jin Yoon, Justin Boyle, Ibrahima Diouf, Emma Bosley, Andrew Staib, Vahid Riahi, Hamed Hassanzadeh, Mahnaz Samadbeik, Clair Sullivan, Sankalp Khanna, James F. Lind

Med J Aust 2026; 224 (2): Open Access

Interval Cancer Characteristics, Staging and Survival Among National Bowel Cancer Screening Program Participants, Western Australia, 2018: A Retrospective Observational Cohort Study

Shantelle J. Smith, Rachael Moorin, Dagmawi Tadesse, Kathleen O'Connor, Thi Ninh Ha

Med J Aust 2026; 224 (2): Free

Valproate Prescribing for Female Adolescents and Management of the Associated Teratogenicity Risk, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, 2022–2024: A Retrospective Audit of Medical Records Data

Briana Davis, Monica S. Cooper, Michael South, Jeremy L. Freeman, Emma Macdonald-Laurs

Med J Aust 2026; 224 (1): Free

Early Cessation of Acetylcysteine Treatment After Paracetamol Overdose (NACSTOP 2): A Non-Inferiority Randomised Controlled Trial

Anselm Wong, Richard McNulty, Sarah E. Hodgson, Naren Gunja, Andis Graudins

Med J Aust 2026; 224 (1): Free

Adolescent Pregnancy Among Girls Known to Child Protection Services: An Australian Longitudinal Cohort Study Using Data Linkage

Oliver Watkeys, Kimberlie Dean, Kristin R. Laurens, Stacy Tzoumakis, Vaughan J. Carr, Melissa J. Green

Med J Aust 2026; 224 (1):

Early Palliative Care and Quality of End-of-Life Care for People With Terminal Cancer, Victoria, 2018–2023: A Retrospective, Population-Based Cohort Study

Chris Schilling, Olivia Wawryk, Anna Collins, Vijaya Sundararajan, Brian H. Le, Jennifer Philip

Med J Aust 2026; 224 (1): Free

Strengthening Care for Children (SC4C), an Integrated Paediatrician‒General Practitioner Model for Reducing Hospital Referral Rates: a Stepped-Wedge Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial

Harriet Hiscock, Cecilia Moore, Sonia Khano, Lena  A. Sanci, Kim M. Dalziel, Gary Freed, Douglas I. R. Boyle, Tammy Meyers Morris, Siaw-Teng Liaw, Jane Le, Yvonne A. Zurynski, Susan Woolfenden and Raghu Lingam

Med J Aust 2026; 224 (1): 1 Open Access

The clinical presentation, investigation, and management of women diagnosed with endometriosis in Australian general practices, 2011–2021: an open cohort study

Danielle Mazza, Kailash Thapaliya, Sharinne B Crawford, Alissia Hui, Maryam Moradi and Luke E Grzeskowiak

Med J Aust 2025; 223 (11): 586-592 Free

The number of cancer‐related deaths that could be attributable to spatial disparities in survival in Australia, 2010–2019: a retrospective population‐based cohort study

Charlotte K Bainomugisa, Jessica Cameron, Paramita Dasgupta and Peter Baade

Med J Aust 2025; 223 (11): 593-601 Free

Birth prevalence, clinical sequelae, and management of congenital cytomegalovirus infections in Australia, 1999–2023: a national prospective study

Ece Egilmezer, Suzy M Teutsch, Carlos Nunez, Stuart T Hamilton, Adam W Bartlett, Pamela Palasanthiran, Elizabeth J Elliott and William D Rawlinson

Med J Aust 2025; 223 (11): 611-616 Open Access

The risk of death after hospitalisation following intentional self‐poisoning: a retrospective observational study (PAVLOVA‐2)

Firouzeh Noghrehchi, Nicholas A Buckley and Rose Cairns

Med J Aust 2025; 223 (11): 634-642 Open Access

Disease‐specific survival for people with chronic myeloid leukaemia, South Australia, 1980–2020: a retrospective cohort study

Kerri Beckmann, Brendon J Kearney, Naranie Shanmuganathan, David Yeung and Tim Hughes

Med J Aust 2025; 223 (11): 643-645 Free

The epidemiology of acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease in Queensland, 2017–2021: a population‐level cohort study using linked administrative data

Carl J Francia (Saibai Koedal awgadhalayg, Guda Maluylgal Nation), Leanne M Johnston, Ingrid Stacey, Robert N Justo, John F Fraser and Judith M Katzenellenbogen

Med J Aust 2025; 223 (11): 576-585 Open Access

A retrospective cross‐sectional analysis of the economic impact of environmental risk factors on inpatient hospital separations in the Northern Territory

Geetanjali Lamba, Danielle Esler, Yuejen Zhao, Tracy Ward, Christine Connors and Michael Spry (Marranunggu)

Med J Aust 2025; 223 (10): 533-540 Open Access

Non‐technical errors associated with deaths in surgical care, Australia, 2012–2019, by surgical specialty (Australian and New Zealand Audit of Surgical Mortality): a retrospective cohort study

Jesse Ey, Victoria Kollias, Octavia Lee, Kelly Hou, Matheesha Herath, John B North, Ellie Treloar, Suzanne Edwards, Martin Bruening, Adam J Wells and Guy J Maddern

Med J Aust 2025; 223 (11): 617-625 Open Access

The early implementation phase of the Omega‐3 Test‐and‐Treat Program for reducing the risk of preterm birth, South Australia, 2021–22: an implementation evaluation study

Karen P Best, Celine Northcott, Lucy A Simmonds, Philippa Middleton, Lisa N Yelland, Vanessa Moffa, Khoa Lam, Penelope Coates, Cornelia Späth, Carol WK Siu, Karen Glover, Rhiannon Smith, Robert Gibson and Maria Makrides

Med J Aust 2025; 223 (11): 626-633 Free

Changes in patient management after preoperative MRI for newly diagnosed breast cancer: a multicentre prospective observational study

Michael L Marinovich, Nehmat Houssami, Andrew Spillane, Gregory B Mann, Donna Taylor, Michelle Reintals, Nadine Phillips, Max K Bulsara, Patsy Siok Hwa Soon, Tracey Dickens and Christobel M Saunders

Med J Aust 2025; 223 (11): 602-610 Open Access