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Exploring the factors impacting choice and quality of overnight private hospital stays and consumer perspectives on patient reported experience measures (PREMs) in Australia: a qualitative interview study – Krista Verlis et al.

Lucia Marcello2024-08-02T11:36:09+10:00Health professionals, Health system, Insurance, PROMS, Publications|

Patient reported experience measures (PREMs) are tools often utilised in hospitals to support quality improvements and to provide objective feedback on care experiences. Less commonly PREMs can be used to support consumers choices in their hospital care. Little is known about the experience and views [...]

Patterns of physiotherapy attendance in compensated Australian workers with low back pain: a retrospective cohort study – Michael Di Donato et al.

Lucia Marcello2024-06-04T12:44:14+10:00Back pain, Insurance, Low back pain, Musculoskeletal, Pain, Physiotherapy, Publications|

Workers with low back pain (LBP) frequently seek care from physiotherapists. We sought to identify patterns of physiotherapy attendance and factors associated with these patterns in Australian workers with accepted compensation claims for LBP. We included workers with accepted workers' compensation claims for LBP from [...]

How Much Physiotherapy, Chiropractic, and Osteopathy Care Do Compensated Australian Workers with Low Back Pain Receive? A Retrospective Cohort Study – Michael Di Donato et al.

Lucia Marcello2024-06-04T12:39:57+10:00Insurance, Low back pain, Musculoskeletal, Pain, Physiotherapy, Publications|

We identified that over 80% of Australian workers with accepted workers’ compensation claims for low back pain longer than 2 weeks attended physiotherapists, chiropractors, and/or osteopaths in the first 2 years of their claim. Nearly 90% of these workers only attended physiotherapists, approximately two percent solely attended [...]

Factors influencing the time to diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer among women in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review – Ranjeeta Subedi et al.

Lucia Marcello2024-04-10T17:24:54+10:00Breast cancer, Cancer, Insurance, Publications, Screening, Treatment, Underdiagnosis, Women's health|

Shorter time from symptoms recognition to diagnosis and timely treatment would be expected to improve the survival of patients with breast cancer (BC). This review identifies and summarizes evidence on time to diagnosis and treatment, and associated factors to inform an improved BC care pathways [...]

Patterns of computed tomography utilisation in injury management: latent classes approach using linked administrative data in Western Australia – Ninh T. Ha et al.

Lucia Marcello2024-02-13T14:09:24+11:00Imaging, Insurance, Overuse, Publications, Radiology reports, Risk, Screening|

Whilst computed tomography (CT) imaging has been a vital component of injury management, its increasing use has raised concern regarding ionising radiation exposure. This study aims to identify latent classes (underlying patterns) of CT use over a 3-year period following the incidence of injury and [...]

Stakeholder perspectives on short-stay joint replacement programs: results from a national cross-sectional study – Ilana N Ackerman et al.

Lucia Marcello2024-02-11T13:59:45+11:00Health professionals, Hip, Insurance, Knee, Musculoskeletal, Publications, Surgery|

The capacity to meet anticipated growth in joint replacement demand requires safe, efficient models of care. While short-stay joint replacement programs are being used internationally, they have not been widely implemented in many countries. Importantly, the critical challenges that need to be addressed ahead of [...]

“It’s not a one operation fits all”: A qualitative study exploring fee setting and participation in price transparency initiatives amongst medical specialists in the Australian private healthcare sector – Hana Sabanovic et al.

Lucia Marcello2023-12-04T12:53:51+11:00Ethical considerations, Health policy, Health professionals, Health system, Insurance, Low-value care, Publications|

The Australian government, through Medicare, defines the type of medical specialist services it covers and subsidizes, but it does not regulate prices. Specialists in private practice can charge more than the fee listed by Medicare depending on what they feel ‘the market will bear’. This [...]

Telehealth follow-up consultations for melanoma patients during the COVID-19 pandemic: Patient and clinician satisfaction – Ali Al-Rikaby et al.

Lucia Marcello2024-04-06T14:51:33+11:00Cancer, COVID-19, Health policy, Health professionals, Insurance, Melanoma, Publications, Virtual Care/Telehealth|

The COVID-19 pandemic caused rapid implementation of telehealth for melanoma follow-up care in Australia. This study explores Australian melanoma patients and clinicians' level of satisfaction with telehealth.

Rates of Low-Value Service in Australian Public Hospitals and the Association With Patient Insurance Status – Juliana de Oliveira Costa et al.

Thomas Dakin2022-02-24T17:01:10+11:00Insurance, Low-value care, Publications|

Low-value services have limited or no benefit to patients. Rates of low-value service in public hospitals may vary by patient insurance status, given that there may be different financial incentives for treatment of privately insured patients.

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