Topics: Hospitalisation

Pneumonia risk stratification in tropical Australia: does the SMART-COP score apply?

11 February, 2010 | Posted in Vol 10 No 1, January 2010 - March 2010  Respiratory disease  Hospitalisation  Northern Territory  

Davis JS, Cross GB, Charles PGP, Currie BJ, Anstey NM, et al. (2010)
Pneumonia risk stratification in tropical Australia: does the SMART-COP score apply?
Medical Journal of Australia;192(3):133-136

Exploring the impact of an Aboriginal Health Worker on hospitalised Aboriginal experiences: lessons from cardiology

10 December, 2009 | Posted in Vol 9 No 4, October 2009 - December 2009  Cultural ways  Cardiovascular disease  Hospitalisation  Western Australia  Health workers  

Taylor KP, Thompson SC, Smith JS, Dimer L, Ali M, et al. (2009)
Exploring the impact of an Aboriginal Health Worker on hospitalised Aboriginal experiences: lessons from cardiology.
Australian Health Review;33(4):549-557

Risks of severity and readmission of Indigenous and non-Indigenous children hospitalised for bronchiolitis

19 November, 2009 | Posted in Vol 9 No 4, October 2009 - December 2009  Respiratory disease  Hospitalisation  Children  Northern Territory  

Bailey EJ, Maclennan C, Morris PS, Kruske SG, Brown N, et al. (2009)
Risks of severity and readmission of Indigenous and non-Indigenous children hospitalised for bronchiolitis.
Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health;Early view

Hospital admissions of Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians due to interpersonal violence, July 1999 to June 2004

13 August, 2009 | Posted in Vol 9 No 3, July 2009 - September 2009  Family violence  Injury  Hospitalisation  Remote  

Berry JG, Harrison JE, Ryan P (2009)
Hospital admissions of Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians due to interpersonal violence, July 1999 to June 2004.
Australian And New Zealand Journal Of Public Health;33(3):215-222

Measuring the gap: accuracy of the Western Australian hospital morbidity data in the identification of adult urban Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

13 August, 2009 | Posted in Vol 9 No 3, July 2009 - September 2009  Hospitalisation  Urban  Services  Western Australia  

Bradshaw PJ, Alfonso HS, Finn J, Owen J, Thompson PL (2009)
Measuring the gap: accuracy of the Western Australian hospital morbidity data in the identification of adult urban Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
Australian And New Zealand Journal Of Public Health;33(3):276 - 279

Providing specialist services in Australia across barriers of distance and culture

6 August, 2009 | Posted in Vol 9 No 3, July 2009 - September 2009  Cultural ways  Hospitalisation  Remote  Rural  Services  Northern Territory  

Carson PJ (2009)
Providing specialist services in Australia across barriers of distance and culture.
World Journal of Surgery;Online

Avoidable hospitalisation in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people in the Northern Territory

24 July, 2009 | Posted in Vol 9 No 3, July 2009 - September 2009  Hospitalisation  Services  Northern Territory  

Li SQ, Gray NJ, Guthridge SL, Pircher SLM (2009)
Avoidable hospitalisation in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people in the Northern Territory.
Medical Journal of Australia;190(10):532-536

Comparison of fracture follow-up rates in Aboriginals versus non-Aboriginals in an Australian peripheral hospital - broken but did we fix it?

10 July, 2009 | Posted in Vol 9 No 3, July 2009 - September 2009  Injury  Hospitalisation  Services  Western Australia  

Piper BJ, Ting D, Plaumann L, Turner P (2009)
Comparison of fracture follow-up rates in Aboriginals versus non-Aboriginals in an Australian peripheral hospital - broken but did we fix it?
ANZ Journal of Surgery;79(s1):A66

Australian hospital statistics 2007–08

1 July, 2009 | Posted in Vol 9 No 3, July 2009 - September 2009  Hospitalisation  

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2009)
Australian hospital statistics 2007-08.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Timing of transfer for pregnant women from Queensland Cape York communities to Cairns for birthing

1 July, 2009 | Posted in Vol 9 No 3, July 2009 - September 2009  Births  Hospitalisation  Remote  Pregnancy  Services  Queensland  

Arnold JL, de Costa CM, Howat PW (2009)
Timing of transfer for pregnant women from Queensland Cape York communities to Cairns for birthing.
Medical Journal of Australia;190(10):594-596