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Health services administration

Corrections

Is money spent on quality improvement better spent on clinical care?

William B Runciman

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (1): 56

Editorials

A no-fault compensation scheme for serious adverse events attributed to vaccination

Heath A Kelly, Clare Looker and David Isaacs

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (1): 4-5

Opposing views

Government plans for public reporting of performance data in health care: the case for

Christine M Jorm and Michael S Frommer

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (1): 40

Opposing views

Government plans for public reporting of performance data in health care: the case against

Jeffrey Braithwaite and Russell Mannion

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (1): 41

Letters

The implications of mandatory notification for clinician-researchers involved in observational research in health services

Rick A M Iedema and Donella A Piper

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (1): 54

Review

Public reporting of hospital outcomes: a challenging road ahead

Martin P Gallagher and Harlan M Krumholz

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (12): 658-660 Free

Research

A therapeutic equivalence program: evidence-based promotion of more efficient use of medicines

Ian Larmour, Silvana Pignataro, Kerryn L Barned, Stav Mantas and Melvyn G Korman

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (12): 631-634 Free

Health care

Mapping the limits of safety reporting systems in health care —what lessons can we actually learn?

Matthew J W Thomas, Timothy J Schultz, Natalie Hannaford and William B Runciman

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (12): 635-639 Free

Opposing views

Is money spent on quality improvement better spent on clinical care? — Yes

J Alasdair Millar

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (12): 640

Opposing views

Is money spent on quality improvement better spent on clinical care? — No

William B Runciman

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (12): 641

Viewpoint

Using hospital standardised mortality ratios to assess quality of care — proceed with extreme caution

Ian A Scott, Caroline A Brand, Grant E Phelps, Anna L Barker and Peter A Cameron

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (12): 645-648 Free

Editorials

Asking the hard questions about safety and quality indicators

David I Ben-Tovim

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (12): 623-624

For debate

Clinical deterioration in the condition of patients with acute medical illness in Australian hospitals: improving detection and response

Paul F Jenkins, Campbell H Thompson and Lorna L Barton

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (11): 596-598 Free

For debate

Prepaid coordinated care for patients with diabetes: practices and patients bear the risks

Douglas A Pritchard

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (11): 599-601 Free

Letters

Death and morbidity from supratherapeutic dosing of colchicine

Myles W H Smith, Darren M Roberts, Siobhann M Ritson and Richard O Day

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (11): 612-613

Letters

Lessons from the 4-hour standard in England for Australia

Shyan L Goh

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (11): 615

Editorials

“Learning health care” for patients and populations

Amy P Abernethy

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (11): 564

Letters

Increased mortality associated with after-hours and weekend admission to the intensive care unit: a retrospective analysis

Dev A S Kevat, Andrew R Davies, Peter A Cameron and Shantha M W Rajaratnam

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (11): 616

Editorials

Saving money on the PBS: ranibizumab or bevacizumab for neovascular macular degeneration?

Ken J Harvey, Richard O Day, William G Campbell and Wendy Lipworth

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (11): 567-568

Closing the gap

Use of eye care services by Indigenous Australian adults

Anna-Lena M R Arnold, Lucy Busija, Jill E Keeffe and Hugh R Taylor

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (10): 537-538 Free

Medicine and the law

Implementing US-style anti-fraud laws in the Australian pharmaceutical and health care industries

Thomas A Faunce, Gregor Urbas and Lesley Skillen

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (9): 474-478 Free

Letters

Role substitution: a reactionary approach to health care change

Patrick S Hanrahan

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (9): 487

Editorials

Cuts to the NHMRC budget will undermine the health of all Australians — today and in the future

Garry L R Jennings, Stephen MacMahon and Geoffrey A Donnan

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (9): 436-437

Research

Streamlining elective surgery care in a public hospital: the Alfred experience

Judy A Lowthian, Andrea J Curtis, Bernadette L Comitti, Peter A Cameron, Martin J Keogh, William R Johnson, James Tomlinson and Andrew M Stripp

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (9): 448-451 Free

Opposing views

Public or private: where would you choose to work? — Public

Diana R McKay

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (9): 458