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Letters

Screening and brief interventions for harmful alcohol use: where to now?

Chris B Holmwood

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (11): 526-526

Letters

Ambulance ramping, system pressure, and hospitals in crisis: what do the data tell us?

Laura M Boyle, Mark Mackay and Keith Stockman

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (11): 526-527

Christmas competition

The CRECHE study: testing the urban myth that chocolate Santa Clauses are re‐wrapped Easter Bunnies

Dirk Stengel, Alexander Hönning, Stephan Just, Sven Mutze, Axel Ekkernkamp, Tobias Ohmann, Hajo Haase, Patric Kröpil and Leonie Gölz

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (11): 531-535 Free

Research

Cost‒utility analysis of breast reduction surgery for women with symptomatic breast hypertrophy

Tamara A Crittenden, Julie Ratcliffe, David I Watson, Christine Mpundu‐Kaambwa and Nicola R Dean

Med J Aust 2022; 216 (3): 147-152 Free

Research

Incidence and causes of early unplanned readmission after hospitalisation with peripheral arterial disease in Australia and New Zealand

Vanessa Woelk, Peter Speck, Billingsley Kaambwa, Robert A Fitridge and Isuru Ranasinghe

Med J Aust 2022; 216 (2): 80-86 Free

Guideline summary

Revision of the Australian guidelines to reduce health risks from drinking alcohol

Katherine M Conigrave, Robert L Ali, Rebecca Armstrong, Tanya N Chikritzhs, Peter d’Abbs, Mark F Harris, Nicole Hewlett, Michael Livingston, Dan I Lubman, Anne McKenzie, Colleen O’Leary, Alison Ritter, Scott Wilson, Melanie Grimmond and Emily Banks

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (11): 518-524 Free

Perspectives

What doctors should consider before prescribing e‐liquids for e‐cigarettes

Miranda P Ween, David G Chapman and Alexander N Larcombe

Med J Aust 2022; 216 (1): 14-16

Editorials

The implications of living with COVID‐19 for intensive care in Australia

Raymond Raper

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (11): 511-512 Free

Research

Increasing ICU capacity to accommodate higher demand during the COVID‐19 pandemic

Edward Litton, Sue Huckson, Shaila Chavan, Tamara Bucci, Anthony Holley, Evan Everest, Sean Kelly, Steven McGloughlin, Johnny Millar, Nhi Nguyen, Mark Nicholls, Paule Secombe and David Pilcher

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (11): 513-517 Free

Letters

Outcomes for patients with COVID‐19 admitted to Australian intensive care units during the first four months of the pandemic

Rochelle Wynne, Caleb Ferguson and Patricia M Davidson

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (10): 485-485 Free

Letters

Outcomes for patients with COVID‐19 admitted to Australian intensive care units during the first four months of the pandemic

Aidan JC Burrell, Tessa Broadley and Andrew A Udy

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (10): 485-485 Free

Editorials

On entering Australia’s third year with COVID‐19

Stephen J Duckett and Brett Sutton

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (11): 509-510 Free

Perspectives

Reframing palliative care to improve the quality of life of people diagnosed with a serious illness

Peter Hudson, Anna Collins, Mark Boughey and Jennifer Philip

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (10): 443-446 Free

Editorials

Measurement is the key to delivering culturally responsive care

Margaret P Kay

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (9): 412-413

Consensus statement summaries

Cancer Australia consensus statement on COVID‐19 and cancer care: embedding high value changes in practice

Vivienne Milch, Rhona Wang, Carolyn Der Vartanian, Melissa Austen, Debra Hector, Cleola Anderiesz and Dorothy Keefe

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (10): 479-484 Free

Perspectives

The 2021 report of the MJA–Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: Australia increasingly out on a limb

Paul J Beggs, Ying Zhang, Alice McGushin, Stefan Trueck, Martina K Linnenluecke, Hilary Bambrick, Helen L Berry, Ollie Jay, Lucie Rychetnik, Ivan C Hanigan, Geoffrey G Morgan, Yuming Guo, Arunima Malik, Mark Stevenson, Donna Green, Fay H Johnston, Celia McMichael, Ian Hamilton and Anthony G Capon

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (9): 390-392.e22 Free

Research

Early medical abortion services provided in Australian primary care

Asvini K Subasinghe, Kevin McGeechan, Jessica E Moulton, Luke E Grzeskowiak and Danielle Mazza

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (8): 366-370 Free

Research

The impact of re‐opening the international border on COVID‐19 hospitalisations in Australia: a modelling study

Mark J Hanly, Timothy Churches, Oisin Fitzgerald, Jeffrey J Post, C Raina MacIntyre and Louisa Jorm

Med J Aust 2022; 216 (1): 39-42 Free

Perspectives

Climate, extreme heat and human health: risks and lessons for Australia

Tarun S Weeramanthri, Simon Quilty and Sharon L Campbell

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (9): 393-395

Editorials

Increasing access to women’s sexual and reproductive health services: telehealth is only the start

Danielle Mazza

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (8): 352-353

Research

OPTIMISE: a pragmatic stepped wedge cluster randomised trial of an intervention to improve primary care for refugees in Australia

Grant M Russell, Katrina Long, Virginia Lewis, Joanne C Enticott, Nilakshi Gunatillaka, I‐Hao Cheng, Geraldine Marsh, Shiva Vasi, Jenny Advocat, Shoko Saito, Hyun Song, Sue Casey, Mitchell Smith and Mark F Harris

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (9): 420-426 Free

Perspectives

Collaborative Commissioning: regional funding models to support value‐based care in New South Wales

Elizabeth Koff, Susan Pearce and David P Peiris

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (7): 297-301.e1 Free

Perspectives

Reforming our health care system: time to rip off the band‐aid?

Claire L Jackson and Diana O’Halloran

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (7): 301-303.e1

Research letter

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

Research

Modelling direct and herd protection effects of vaccination against the SARS‐CoV‐2 Delta variant in Australia

Emma S McBryde, Michael T Meehan, Jamie M Caldwell, Adeshina I Adekunle, Samson T Ogunlade, MD Abdul Kuddus, Romain Ragonnet, Pavithra Jayasundara, James M Trauer and Robert C Cope

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (9): 427-432 Free