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Long‐acting reversible contraception use after medical abortion is associated with reduced likelihood of a second medical abortion

Luke E Grzeskowiak, Alice R Rumbold, Asvini Subasinghe, Danielle Mazza, Kirsten I Black, Helen Calabretto and Jenni Ilomäki

Med J Aust 2022; 216 (9): 476-477 Free

Improved survival rates after hip fracture surgery in New South Wales, 2011–2018

Lara Harvey, Ian A Harris, Rebecca J Mitchell, Adrian Webster, Ian D Cameron, Louisa Jorm, Hannah Seymour, Pooria Sarrami and Jacqueline Close

Med J Aust 2022; 216 (8): 420-421 Free

Sentinel lymph node biopsy rates in Victoria, 2018 and 2019

Caroline Watts, Andrew Spillane, Michael A Henderson and Anne Cust, Australian Melanoma Centre of Research Excellence Study Group

Med J Aust 2022; 217 (4): 208-209 Free

Same‐day inguinal hernia repair in Australia, 2000–19

Joanna MZ Mills, Georgina M Luscombe and Thomas J Hugh

Med J Aust 2022; 216 (6): 303-304 Free

Chronic traumatic encephalopathy in Australia: the first three years of the Australian Sports Brain Bank

Catherine M Suter, Andrew J Affleck, Maggie Lee, Alan J Pearce, Linda E Iles and Michael E Buckland

Med J Aust 2022; 216 (10): 530-531 Open Access

Acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease in Victoria, 2006–18

Jane Oliver, Myra Hardy, Joshua Osowicki, Daniel Engelman, Andrew C Steer and Katherine Gibney

Med J Aust 2022; 216 (4): 201-202 Open Access

Second SARS‐CoV‐2 infections twelve months after initial infections in Australia, confirmed by genomic analysis

The Victorian SARS‐CoV‐2 Reinfection Study Group

Med J Aust 2022; 216 (4): 199-201 Open Access

Lifestyle risks for chronic disease among Australian adolescents: a cross‐sectional survey

Katrina E Champion, Cath Chapman, Lauren A Gardner, Matthew Sunderland, Nicola C Newton, Scarlett Smout, Louise K Thornton, Leanne Hides, Nyanda McBride, Steve J Allsop, Katherine Mills, Frances Kay‐Lambkin, Maree Teesson and Tim Slade, the Heath4Life team †

Med J Aust 2022; 216 (3): 156-157 Free

The readability of official public health information on COVID‐19

Olivia A Mac, Danielle M Muscat, Julie Ayre, Pinika Patel and Kirsten J McCaffery

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (8): 373-375 Free

Sex differences in the management and outcomes of non‐ST‐elevation acute coronary syndromes

Bianca C Bachelet, Karice Hyun, Mario D'Souza, Clara K Chow, Julie Redfern and David B Brieger

Med J Aust 2022; 216 (3): 153-155 Free

The clinical value of “exception item” colonoscopy (MBS item 32228)

Michelle Lee See, Antonio Lee, Roderick Roberts, Richard A Friedman, David G Hewett and Daniel L Worthley

Med J Aust 2022; 216 (2): 94-95 Free

Telehealth sexual and reproductive health care during the COVID‐19 pandemic

Yan Cheng, Clare Boerma, Lucy Peck, Jessica R Botfield, Jane Estoesta and Kevin McGeechan

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (8): 371-372 Free

The incidence of cardiac complications in patients hospitalised with COVID‐19 in Australia: the AUS‐COVID study

Kunwardeep S Bhatia, William Gaal, Leonard Kritharides, Clara K Chow and Ravinay Bhindi, on behalf of the AUS‐COVID Investigators

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (6): 279-279 Open Access

Estimating the abortion rate in Australia from National Hospital Morbidity and Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme data

Louise A Keogh, Lyle C Gurrin and Patricia Moore

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (8): 375-376 Free

Public support for phasing out the sale of cigarettes in Australia

Emily Brennan, Sarah Durkin, Michelle M Scollo, Maurice Swanson and Melanie Wakefield

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (10): 471-472 Free

Prescribing of direct‐acting antiviral therapy by general practitioners for people with hepatitis C in an unrestricted treatment program

Fergus Stafford, Gregory J Dore, Shawn Clackett, Marianne Martinello, Gail V Matthews, Jason Grebely, Anne C Balcomb and Behzad Hajarizadeh

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (7): 332-333 Free

Background rates of hospital transfer and death in Australian aged care facilities: estimates to assist interpretation of rates after COVID‐19 vaccination

Hazel J Clothier, Yonatan M Mesfin, Steven Strange and Jim P Buttery

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (4): 180-181 Free

The impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic on routine vaccinations in Victoria

Brynley P Hull, Alexandra J Hendry, Aditi Dey, Kerin Bryant, Catherine Radkowski, Stephen Pellissier, Kristine Macartney and Frank H Beard

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (2): 83-84 Free

Re‐defining the dengue‐receptive area of Queensland after the 2019 dengue outbreak in Rockhampton

Jacina Walker, Alyssa Pyke, Paul Florian, Rachael M Rodney Harris and Gulam Khandaker

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (4): 182-182 Free

Prostate‐specific antigen testing of asymptomatic men in Australia: an observational study based on electronic general practice data

Guilherme S Franco, Rae‐Anne Hardie, Ling Li, Chisato Imai, Gorkem Sezgin, Julie Li, Adam McLeod, Christopher Pearce and Andrew Georgiou

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (5): 228-229 Free

Limited clinical value of early repeat RT‐PCR testing for SARS‐CoV‐2

Eloise Williams, Katherine Bond and Deborah A Williamson

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (1): 42-43 Free

Opioid medication prescribing in Queensland, 1997‒2018: a population study

Adeleke D Adewumi, Joemer C. Maravilla, Rosa Alati, Samantha A Hollingworth, Xuelei Hu, Bill Loveday and Jason Connor

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (3): 137-138 Free

Hospital admissions for cardiovascular complications of people with or without diabetes, Victoria, 2004–2016

Katerina V Kiburg, Andrew I MacIsaac, Andrew Wilson, Vijaya Sundararajan and Richard J MacIsaac

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (2): 85-86 Free

Remote buddy monitoring of the donning and doffing of personal protective equipment

Reny Segal, William PL Bradley, Daryl Williams, Romulo Correa de Araujo Nunes and Irene Ng

Med J Aust 2021; 214 (11): 526-527 Free

Emergency department presentations by residents of Sydney quarantine hotels during the COVID‐19 outbreak

Michael Dinh, Owen Hutchings, Kendall Bein, James Shaw, Aditi Raut, Saartje Berendsen Russell, Dianna Jagers, Rajip Thapa, Gregory Fox, James Edwards, Timothy Wand and Warwick Britton

Med J Aust 2021; 214 (10): 473-474 Free