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Research

Barriers, facilitators and next steps for sustaining and scaling virtual hospital services in Australia: a qualitative descriptive study

Nicki Newton, Kavisha Shah, Miranda Shaw, Emma Charlston, Melissa T Baysari, Angus Ritchie, Chenyao Yu, Adam Johnston, Jagdev Singh, Meredith Makeham, Sarah Norris, Liliana Laranjo, Clara K Chow and Tim Shaw

Med J Aust 2024; 221 (11): S37-S48 Free

Perspective

The Virtual Rural Generalist Service: a hybrid virtual model of care designed to improve health access and outcomes in rural and remote communities

Shannon Nott, Georgia Wingfield, Amelia Haigh, Georgina M Luscombe, Anna E Thompson, Emily Saurman, Tim Shaw, Amy Von Huben, Kirsten Howard and Andrew Wilson

Med J Aust 2024; 221 (11): S3-S7 Free

Research

Health service access and quality of care provided by the Western NSW Local Health District Virtual Rural Generalist Service: a retrospective analysis of linked administrative data

Georgina M Luscombe, Andrew Wilson, Amanda J Ampt, Amy Von Huben, Kirsten Howard, Clare Coleman, Georgia Wingfield and Shannon Nott

Med J Aust 2024; 221 (11): S8-S15 Free

Research

Clinician experiences of a hybrid virtual medical service supporting rural and remote hospitals: a qualitative study

Anna E Thompson, Emily Saurman, Shannon Nott, Andrew Wilson and Tim Shaw

Med J Aust 2024; 221 (11): S16-S21 Free

Research

Patient and carer experiences of hospital‐based hybrid virtual medical care: a qualitative study

Anna E Thompson, Tim Shaw, Shannon Nott, Andrew Wilson and Emily Saurman

Med J Aust 2024; 221 (11): S22-S27 Free

Research

An economic evaluation of the Virtual Rural Generalist Service versus usual care in Western NSW Local Health District

Amy Von Huben, Anna E Thompson, Andrew Wilson, Georgina M Luscombe, Amelia Haigh, Kirsten Howard, Emily Saurman, Tim Shaw, Georgia Wingfield, Amanda J Ampt and Shannon Nott

Med J Aust 2024; 221 (11): S28-S36 Free

Research

The cost of treating hypertension in Australia, 2012–22: an economic analysis

Emily R Atkins, Long Huy Nguyen, Mary Lou Chatterton, Markus Schlaich, Aletta E Schutte and Anthony Rodgers

Med J Aust 2024; 221 (11): 612-616 Free

Research

Cerebral palsy in Australia: birth prevalence, 1995–2016, and differences by residential remoteness: a population-based register study

Hayley Smithers‐Sheedy, Emma Waight, Shona Goldsmith, Sue Reid, Catherine Gibson, Heather Scott, Linda Watson, Megan Auld, Fiona Kay, Clare Wiltshire, Gina Hinwood, Annabel Webb, Tanya Martin, Nadia Badawi and Sarah McIntyre, the ACPR Group

Med J Aust 2024; 221 (10): 533-539 Free

Research

Management of people after stroke in 383 Victorian general practices, 2014–2018: analysis of linked stroke registry and general practice data

Muideen T Olaiya, Joosup Kim, Christopher Pearce, Kiran Bam, Dominique A Cadilhac, Nadine E Andrew, Lauren M Sanders, Amanda G Thrift, Mark R Nelson, Seana Gall and Monique F Kilkenny

Med J Aust 2024; 221 (10): 546-553 Free

Letter to the editor

Towards national paediatric clinical practice guidelines

Kelvin Hill, Steven McGloughlin, Sharon McGowan and Tari Turner

Med J Aust 2024; 221 (10): 564-564 Free

Letter to the editor

Towards national paediatric clinical practice guidelines

Mike Starr

Med J Aust 2024; 221 (10): 564-564 Free

Research

The economic burden of long COVID in Australia: more noise than signal?

Mary Rose Angeles, Thi Thu Ngan Dinh, Ting Zhao, Barbara Graaff and Martin Hensher

Med J Aust 2024; 221 (9): S31-S39 Free

Editorial

Long COVID in Victoria

David A Watters and Lance Emerson

Med J Aust 2024; 221 (9): S3-S4 Free

Reflection

Living with long COVID and its impact on family and society: a couple's view

Karlie M Flannigan and Gerard M Flannigan

Med J Aust 2024; 221 (9): S10-S11 Free

Research

Persistent symptoms after COVID‐19: an Australian stratified random health survey on long COVID

Alex Holmes, Lance Emerson, Louis B Irving, Emma Tippett, Jeffrey M Pullin, Julie Young, David A Watters and Adina Hamilton

Med J Aust 2024; 221 (9): S12-S17 Free

Research

Factors associated with general practitioner‐led diagnosis of long COVID: an observational study using electronic general practice data from Victoria and New South Wales, Australia

Abbish Kamalakkannan, Mirela Prgomet, Judith Thomas, Christopher Pearce, Precious McGuire, Fiona Mackintosh and Andrew Georgiou

Med J Aust 2024; 221 (9): S18-S22 Free

Research

Adherence to clinical care standards and mortality after hip fracture surgery in New South Wales, 2015–2018: a retrospective population‐based study

Lara Harvey, Morag E Taylor, Ian A Harris, Rebecca J Mitchell, Ian D Cameron, Pooria Sarrami and Jacqueline Close

Med J Aust 2024; 221 (9): 480-485 Free

Perspective

Australia's Remote Vocational Training Scheme: training and supporting general practitioners in rural, remote and First Nations communities

Patrick Giddings, Belinda G O'Sullivan, Matthew R McGrail, Marlene Drysdale, Tony T Trevaskis and Jacki Mein

Med J Aust 2024; 221 (7): S3-S8 Free

Research

Continuity of service and longer term retention of doctors training as general practitioners in the Remote Vocational Training Scheme

Matthew R McGrail, Belinda G O'Sullivan and Patrick Giddings

Med J Aust 2024; 221 (7): S9-S15 Free

Research

Holistic support framework for doctors training as rural and remote general practitioners: a realist evaluation of the RVTS model

Belinda G O'Sullivan, Patrick Giddings, Ronda Gurney, Matthew R McGrail and Tiana Gurney

Med J Aust 2024; 221 (7): S16-S22 Free

Research

Recruitment and retention of new doctors in remote and Aboriginal medical services through the Remote Vocational Training Scheme's Targeted Recruitment Strategy: a focus group study

Belinda G O'Sullivan, Veeraja Uppal, Ronda Gurney and Patrick Giddings

Med J Aust 2024; 221 (7): S23-S28 Free

Research

Perceived stakeholder benefits of continuously training general practitioners in the same rural or remote practice: interviews exploring the Remote Vocational Training Scheme

Belinda G O'Sullivan, Patrick Giddings and Matthew R McGrail

Med J Aust 2024; 221 (7): S29-S34 Free

Perspective

Towards evidence‐based skin checks

Linda K Martin, Pascale Guitera, Georgina V Long, Richard A Scolyer and Anne E Cust

Med J Aust 2024; 221 (8): 407-409 Free

Guideline summary

Summary of the 2023 international evidence‐based guideline for the assessment and management of polycystic ovary syndrome: an Australian perspective

Helena J Teede, Aya Mousa, Chau T Tay, Michael F Costello, Leah Brennan, Robert J Norman, Alexia S Pena, Jacqueline A Boyle, Anju Joham, Lorna Berry and Lisa Moran

Med J Aust 2024; 221 (7): 389-395 Free

Research

Hospital costs for unplanned re‐admissions within 30 days of hospitalisations with heart failure, Australia, 2013–2017: a retrospective cohort study

Trang Dang, Wandy Chan, Sunnya Khawaja, James Fryar, Brenda Gannon, Sanjeewa Kularatna, William Parsonage and Isuru Ranasinghe

Med J Aust 2024; 221 (6): 317-323 Free