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Hospital utilisation in Australia, 1993–2020, with a focus on use by people over 75 years of age: a review of AIHW data

Natasha Reid, Thakeru Gamage, Stephen J Duckett and Leonard C Gray

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (3): 113-119 Open Access

Consistent mask use and SARS‐CoV‐2 epidemiology: a simulation modelling study

Joshua Szanyi, Samantha Howe, Tim Wilson and Tony Blakely

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (2): 77-79 Open Access

The effectiveness of vaccination for preventing hospitalisation with COVID‐19 in regional Queensland: a data linkage study

Nicolas R Smoll, Mahmudul Hassan Al Imam, Connie Shulz, Robert Booy and Gulam Khandaker

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (4): 162-165 Open Access

Insomnia and workplace productivity loss among young working adults: a prospective observational study of clinical sleep disorders in a community cohort

Amy C Reynolds, Pieter Coenen, Bastien Lechat, Leon Straker, Juliana Zabatiero, Kath J Maddison, Robert J Adams and Peter Eastwood

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (3): 107-112 Open Access

Access to voluntary assisted dying in Victoria: a qualitative study of family caregivers’ perceptions of barriers and facilitators

Ben P White, Ruthie Jeanneret, Eliana Close and Lindy Willmott

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (5): 211-217 Open Access

Suboptimal experiences with out‐of‐pocket costs, financial disclosure, and support information among people treated for cancer

Victoria White, Karla Gough, Colin Wood, Raymond Chan and Michael Jefford

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (1): 28-29 Open Access

A brief intervention for improving alcohol literacy and reducing harmful alcohol use by women attending a breast screening service: a randomised controlled trial

Jasmin Grigg, Victoria Manning, Darren Lockie, Michelle Giles, Robin J Bell, Peta Stragalinos, Chloe Bernard, Christopher J Greenwood, Isabelle Volpe, Liam Smith, Peter Bragge and Dan I Lubman

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (11): 511-519 Open Access

Organ donation by children in Australia, 2000–2019: impact of the 2009 National Reform Program. A population‐based registry data study

Tal T Klein, Michael J O'Leary, Lukas Staub and Elena Cavazzoni

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (11): 520-525 Free

The health care and societal costs of inherited retinal diseases in Australia: a microsimulation modelling study

Deborah Schofield, Joshua Kraindler, Owen Tan, Rupendra N Shrestha, Sarah West, Natalie Hart, Liny Tan, Alan Ma, John R Grigg and Robyn V Jamieson

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (2): 70-76 Open Access

Psychotropic and other medicine use at time of death by suicide: a population‐level analysis of linked dispensing and forensic toxicology data

Kate M Chitty, Nicholas A Buckley, Jessy Lim, Zein Ali, Jennifer L Schumann, Rose Cairns, Benjamin Daniels, Sallie A Pearson, David B Preen and Andrea L Schaffer

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (2): 63-69 Open Access

Myocarditis in Australian children following SARS‐CoV‐2 infection or COVID‐19 vaccination: a retrospective case series

Patrick Walker, Timothy C Lai, Silja Schrader, Nigel Crawford and Daryl R Cheng

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (10): 482-483 Free

The characteristics of SARS‐CoV‐2‐positive children in Australian hospitals: a PREDICT network study

Laila Ibrahim, Catherine Wilson, Doris Tham, Mark Corden, Shefali Jani, Michael Zhang, Amit Kochar, Ker Fern Tan, Shane George, Natalie T Phillips, Paul Buntine, Karen Robins‐Browne, Vimuthi Chong, Thomas Georgeson, Anna Lithgow, Sarah Davidson, Sharon O'Brien, Viet Tran and Franz E Babl

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (10): 460-466 Open Access

Mortality among people admitted to Australian intensive care units for reasons other than COVID‐19 during the COVID‐19 pandemic: a retrospective cohort study

Sing Chee Tan, Tess Evans, Matthew L Durie, Paul J Secombe and David Pilcher

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (10): 467-473 Open Access

Inter‐hospital transfer and clinical outcomes for people with COVID‐19 admitted to intensive care units in Australia: an observational cohort study

Courtney Cini, Ary S Neto, Aidan Burrell and Andrew Udy, the SPRINT‐SARI Australia investigators

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (10): 474-481 Open Access

Dispensing of psychotropic medications to Australian children and adolescents before and during the COVID‐19 pandemic, 2013–2021: a retrospective cohort study

Stephen J Wood, Jenni Ilomäki, Jacqueline Gould, George SQ Tan, Melissa Raven, Jon N Jureidini and Luke E Grzeskowiak

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (1): 18-25 Open Access

Psychotropic medication prescribing for children and adolescents by general practitioners during the COVID‐19 pandemic

Rae‐Anne Hardie, Gorkem Sezgin, Lisa G Pont, Judith Thomas, Mirela Prgomet, Precious McGuire, Christopher Pearce and Andrew Georgiou

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (1): 26-27 Open Access

Self‐harm and suicidal ideation in children and adolescents in contact with child protection services

Kirstie O'Hare, Oliver Watkeys, Felicity Harris, Kimberlie Dean, Vaughan J Carr and Melissa J Green

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (11): 526-527 Open Access

The diagnosis and initial management of melanoma in Australia: findings from the prospective, population‐based QSkin study

Nirmala Pandeya, Catherine M Olsen, Maja M Shalit, Jean Claude Dusingize, Rachel E Neale and David C Whiteman

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (9): 402-407 Open Access

Comparison of performance outcomes after general practice training in remote and rural or regional locations in Australia

Emily Anderson, Matthew R McGrail, Aaron Hollins, Louise Young, Lawrie McArthur, Belinda O'Sullivan and Tiana Gurney

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (9): 408-409 Open Access

Over‐the‐counter cough and cold medicines: reported poisonings of children before and after the 2012 and 2020 labelling changes in Australia

Abrar Arbaeen, Nial J Wheate, Jared A Brown and Rose Cairns

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (9): 410-411 Open Access

The impact on poisonings of up‐scheduling of modified release paracetamol to Schedule 3 (pharmacist only medicine)

Rose Cairns, Firouzeh Noghrehchi and Nicholas A Buckley

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (9): 412-414 Open Access

Bloodstream infection rates in Aboriginal and non‐Aboriginal people in Central Australia, 2014–2018

Alice Coe, Richard J Woodman, Rob Baird and Lloyd Einsiedel

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (9): 415-417 Open Access

A rise in invasive and non‐invasive group A streptococcal disease case numbers in Melbourne in late 2022

Aleece MacPhail, Wen Jie Isaac Lee, Despina Kotsanas, Tony M Korman and Maryza Graham

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (8): 378-379 Open Access

Mental health and wellbeing of health and aged care workers in Australia, May 2021 – June 2022: a longitudinal cohort study

Sarah L McGuinness, Owen Eades, Kelsey L Grantham, Shannon Zhong, Josphin Johnson, Peter A Cameron, Andrew B Forbes, Jane RW Fisher, Carol L Hodgson, Jessica Kasza, Helen Kelsall, Maggie Kirkman, Grant M Russell, Philip L Russo, Malcolm R Sim, Kasha Singh, Helen Skouteris, Karen Smith, Rhonda L Stuart, James M Trauer, Andrew Udy, Sophia Zoungas and Karin Leder

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (8): 361-367 Open Access

Universal genetic testing for women with newly diagnosed breast cancer in the context of multidisciplinary team care

Dilanka L De Silva, Lesley Stafford, Anita R Skandarajah, Michelle Sinclair, Lisa Devereux, Kirsten Hogg, Maira Kentwell, Allan Park, Luxi Lal, Magnus Zethoven, Madawa W Jayawardana, Fiona Chan, Phyllis N Butow, Paul A James, G Bruce Mann, Ian G Campbell and Geoffrey J Lindeman

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (8): 368-373 Open Access