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Research

Changes in cystic fibrosis mortality in Australia, 1979–2005

David W Reid, C Leigh Blizzard, Dace M Shugg, Ceri Flowers, Catherine Cash and Hugh M Greville

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (7): 392-395 Free

Letters

Clinical practice guidelines: the need for greater transparency in formulating recommendations

Robert F W Moulds

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (6): 324-325

Letters

Contrast induced nephropathy in patients with pre-existing renal impairment undergoing invasive coronary procedures — a long-term follow-up

Akash Dhawan, Devang Parikh, Ibrahim Shugman, John French, Hisham Hallani, Clyne Fernandes and Craig P Juergens

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (5): 268-269

Letters

How can Australia do better for Indigenous health?

Lachlan J McIver

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (5): 265-266 Free

Health care delivery

Chronic disease management items in general practice: a population-based study of variation in claims by claimant characteristics

Kirsty A Douglas, Laurann E Yen, Rosemary J Korda, Marjan Kljakovic and Nicholas J Glasgow

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (4): 198-202 Free

Research

Relationship of urinary sodium and sodium-to-potassium ratio to blood pressure in older adults in Australia

Catherine E Huggins, Sharleen O’Reilly, Maree Brinkman, Allison Hodge, Graham G Giles, Dallas R English and Caryl A Nowson

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (3): 128-132 Free

Letters

Research, information and consent for the Australian Health Survey: a separate standard for Indigenous people?

Kevin G Rowley and Alister H Thorpe

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (3): 158-159 Free

Supplement

Association of adolescent symptoms of depression and anxiety with alcohol use disorders in young adulthood: findings from the Victorian Adolescent Health Cohort Study

Maria McKenzie, Anthony F Jorm, Helena Romaniuk, Craig A Olsson and George C Patton

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (3): S27 Free

Letters

Research, information and consent for the Australian Health Survey: a separate standard for Indigenous people?

Wendy E Hoy

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (3): 158-159 Free

Research

Equity and access: understanding emergency health service use by newly arrived refugees

Mohamud Sheikh, Peter I Nugus, Zhanhai Gao, Anna Holdgate, Alison E Short, Ayman Al Haboub and C Raina MacIntyre

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (2): 74-76 Free

Correction

Hospital and emergency department use in the last year of life: a baseline for future modifications to end-of-life care

Lorna K Rosenwax, Beverley A McNamara, Kevin Murray, Rebecca J McCabe, Samar M Aoun and David C Currow

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (2): 104

Research

Socioeconomic disparities in stroke rates and outcome: pooled analysis of stroke incidence studies in Australia and New Zealand

Emma L Heeley, Jade W Wei, Kristie Carter, Md Shaheenul Islam, Amanda G Thrift, Graeme J Hankey, Alan Cass and Craig S Anderson

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (1): 10-14 Free

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

Research

Hospital and emergency department use in the last year of life: a baseline for future modifications to end-of-life care

Lorna K Rosenwax, Beverley A McNamara, Kevin Murray, Rebecca J McCabe, Samar M Aoun and David C Currow

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (11): 570-573 Free

Medicine and the community

A national survey of general practitioners’ experiences of patient-initiated aggression in Australia

Laura E Forrest, Pushpani M Herath, Ian S McRae and Rhian M Parker

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (11): 605-608 Free

Closing the gap

Sepsis in the tropical Top End of Australia’s Northern Territory: disease burden and impact on Indigenous Australians

Joshua S Davis, Allen C Cheng, Mark McMillan, Alex B Humphrey, Dianne P Stephens and Nicholas M Anstey

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (10): 519-524 Free

Closing the gap

Epidemiology of syphilis in Australia: moving toward elimination of infectious syphilis from remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities?

James S Ward, Rebecca J Guy, Snehal P Akre, Melanie G Middleton, Carolien M Giele, Jiunn Y Su, Craig A Davis, Handan Wand, Janet B Knox, Patricia S Fagan, Basil Donovan, John M Kaldor and Darren B Russell

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (10): 525-529 Free

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

Research

Landscape of cancer clinical trials in Australia: using trial registries to guide future research

Rachel F Dear, Alexandra L Barratt, Kevin McGeechan, Lisa Askie, John Simes and Martin H N Tattersall

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (8): 387-391 Free

Research

Children Attending Paediatricians Study: a national prospective audit of outpatient practice from the Australian Paediatric Research Network

Harriet Hiscock, Gehan Roberts, Daryl Efron, Jillian R Sewell, Hannah E Bryson, Anna M H Price, Frank Oberklaid, Michael South and Melissa A Wake

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (8): 392-397 Free

Editor's choice

What to study: matching funding to need

Annette G Katelaris

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (8): 379 Free

Corrections

When do I know I am cured? Using conditional estimates to provide better information about cancer survival prospects

Peter D Baade, Danny R Youlden and Suzanne K Chambers

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (7): 376

Medicine and the community

Australian general practitioner chlamydia testing rates among young people

Fabian Y S Kong, Rebecca J Guy, Jane S Hocking, Tony Merritt, Marie Pirotta, Clare Heal, Isabel Bergeri, Basil Donovan and Margaret E Hellard

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (5): 249-252 Free

Correction

Detecting undiagnosed diabetes using glycated haemoglobin: an automated screening test in hospitalised patients

Nyoli A Valentine, Tariq M Alhawassi, Greg W Roberts, Parind P Vora, Stephen N Stranks and Matthew P Doogue

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (5): 243 Free

Research

Detecting undiagnosed diabetes using glycated haemoglobin: an automated screening test in hospitalised patients

Nyoli A Valentine, Tariq M Alhawassi, Greg W Roberts, Parind P Vora, Stephen N Stranks and Matthew P Doogue

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (4): 160-164 Free