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Understanding the employment choices and preferences of new entrants to the nursing profession is an important element in the formulation of policies for ensuring an adequate supply of nurses to meet population healthcare needs in the coming decades. A longitudinal cohort study to investigate...
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Purpose: To estimate an Australian algorithm for the newly developed 5-level version of the EQ-5D, for use in the economic evaluation of health and healthcare interventions. Methods: A discrete choice experiment (DCE) was run in an online Australian-representative sample. A random-effects probit...
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The Australian Health Reform Agreement has provided the basis for major change in the delivery of health care services. While the components of reform have undergone extensivenegotiation between Commonwealth and State governments, and have been subject to academic and other commentary, little is...
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This brief methods paper explains how to use the NSW Government Health Costs of Care Standards to estimate the cost of presentations to emergency departments (ED) in NSW. We begin with a discussion of the allocation of presentations according to visit type, triage category and mode of separation...
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variation in the cost of healthcare for a cohort of people with asthma. It examines the costs to the health system and patient … out-of-pocket costs. Methods A longitudinal observational study of asthma-related healthcare costs in a cohort of people … with asthma (n=252). Participants were followed for three years using six-monthly postal surveys and individual …
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: fortification of bread-making flour with folate, mandatory influenza vaccination of children, and the banning of trans …
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While there is increasing evidence that group-based lifestyle-focussed interventions may provide more realistic, effective and cost-effective alternatives to intensive, individualised dietary counselling and exercise training, relatively little is known about individuals? preferences for and...
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frequency of 1 in 25, amongst Caucasians (Welsh, Ramsey et al. 2001). With recent advances in treatment, most children with CF …
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NSW Treasury commissioned this review through the Sax Institute. The aims and specific questions to be addressed were refined after consideration of a background paper, and discussion between NSW Health, NSW Treasury and the author. The aim of the review is to provide information about the ways...
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