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Statistics, epidemiology and research design

Health care

The effect of a general practice after-hours clinic on emergency department presentations: a regression time series analysis

David J Buckley, Paul W Curtis and Joseph G McGirr

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (8): 448-451 Free

Public health

Achieving standardised reporting of suicide in Australia: rationale and program for change

Diego De Leo, Michael J Dudley, Caroline J Aebersold, John A Mendoza, Michael A Barnes, James E Harrison and David L Ranson

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (8): 452-456 Free

Editorials

Appearances may deceive: what’s going on with Australian suicide statistics?

Clare E Bradley, James E Harrison and Amr Abou Elnour

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (8): 428-429

Research enterprise

Improving communication when seeking informed consent: a randomised controlled study of a computer-based method for providing information to prospective clinical trial participants

Asuntha S Karunaratne, Stanley G Korenman, Samantha L Thomas, Paul S Myles and Paul A Komesaroff

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (7): 388-392 Free

Letters

Smoking history is clinically determinative and should be recorded

Bernard W Stewart

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (6): 359

Editorials

Clinical-quality registries: their role in quality improvement

John J McNeil, Sue M Evans, Niall P Johnson and Peter A Cameron

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (5): 244-245

Viewpoint

Myths of ideal hospital occupancy

Christopher A Bain, Peter G Taylor, Geoff McDonnell and Andrew Georgiou

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (1): 42-43 Free

Research enterprise

A case study evaluation of ethics review systems for multicentre clinical trials

Sian C Hicks, Rebecca E James, Nicole Wong, Niall C Tebbutt and Kate Wilson

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (5): 280-282 Free

Research

Health and mortality consequences of abdominal obesity: evidence from the AusDiab study

Adrian J Cameron, David W Dunstan, Neville Owen, Paul Z Zimmet, Elizabeth L M Barr, Andrew M Tonkin, Dianna J Magliano, Shirley G Murray, Timothy A Welborn and Jonathan E Shaw

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (4): 202-208 Free

Pandemic (H1N1) 2009

Epidemiological characteristics of pandemic influenza H1N1 2009 and seasonal influenza infection

Heath A Kelly, Kristina A Grant, Simon Williams, James Fielding and David Smith

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (3): 146-149 Free

For debate

Smoking questions on the Australian death notification form: adopting international best practice?

Freddy Sitas, Dianne L O’Connell, Konrad Jamrozik and Alan D Lopez

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (3): 166-168 Free

In Clinical Practice

From research and guidelines to the consultation: five ways to improve blood pressure management in clinical practice

Mark R Nelson

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (2): 111-112

From bench to bedside

Molecular biomarkers to individualise treatment: assessing the evidence

Chee K Lee, Sarah J Lord, Alan S Coates and R John Simes

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (11): 631-636 Free

Capacity to care

Coronary heart disease events in Aboriginal Australians: incidence in an urban population

Pamela J Bradshaw, Helman S Alfonso, Judith C Finn, Julie Owen and Peter L Thompson

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (10): 583-586 Free

Research

Perinatal exposure to HIV among children born in Australia, 1982–2006

Ann M McDonald, Yvonne A Zurynski, Handan C Wand, Michelle L Giles, Elizabeth J Elliott, John B Ziegler and John M Kaldor

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (8): 416-420 Free

Research

Bicycling injuries and mortality in Victoria, 2001–2006

Mirjana Sikic, Antonina A Mikocka-Walus, Belinda J Gabbe, Francis T McDermott and Peter A Cameron

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (7): 353-356 Free

For debate

Non-inferiority trials: determining whether alternative treatments are good enough

Ian A Scott

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (6): 326-330 Free

Letters

The changing face of the Australian population: growth in centenarians

Heather Booth

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (3): 165-166

Enduring sport

The incidence of race-day jockey falls in Australia, 2002–2006

Peta L Hitchens, C Leigh Blizzard, Graeme Jones, Lesley M Day and James Fell

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (2): 83-86 Free

Enduring sport

Epidemiology of basketball and netball injuries that resulted in hospital admission in Australia, 2000–2004

Louise Flood and James E Harrison

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (2): 87-90 Free

Research

Data-mining of medication records to improve asthma management

Bonnie J Bereznicki, Gregory M Peterson, Shane L Jackson, E Haydn Walters, Kimbra D Fitzmaurice and Peter R Gee

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (1): 21-25 Free

Research

Lower than expected morbidity and mortality for an Australian Aboriginal population: 10-year follow-up in a decentralised community

Kevin G Rowley, Kerin O’Dea, Ian Anderson, Robyn McDermott, Karmananda Saraswati, Ricky Tilmouth, Iris Roberts, Joseph Fitz, Zaimin Wang, Alicia Jenkins, James D Best, Zhiqiang Wang and Alex Brown

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (5): 283-287 Free

Consensus statement

Evidence-based recommendations for the diagnosis of ankylosing spondylitis: results from the Australian 3E initiative in rheumatology

Tracey Kain, Jane Zochling, Andrew Taylor, Nicholas Manolios, Malcolm D Smith, Mark D Reed, Matthew A Brown and Lionel Schachna

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (4): 235-237 Free

The World Today

Morbidity and mortality during heatwaves in metropolitan Adelaide

Monika Nitschke, Graeme R Tucker and Peng Bi

Med J Aust 2007; 187 (11): 662-665 Free

Health care

A protocol-driven model for the rapid initiation of stroke thrombolysis in the emergency department

Julia J Batmanian, Meeyin Lam, Caitlin Matthews, Andrew Finckh, Martin Duffy, Robert Wright, Bruce J Brew and Romesh Markus

Med J Aust 2007; 187 (10): 567-570 Free