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A Cost-effectiveness Analysis of Two Rehabilitation Support Services for Women with Breast Cancer

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A comparison of competing methods for the detection of surgical-site infections in patients undergoing total arthroplasty of the knee, partial and total arthroplasty of hip and femoral or similar vascular bypass.

scientific article published in July 2004

A cost-effectiveness model for a decision to adopt temporary single-patient rooms to reduce risks of healthcare-associated infection in the Australian public healthcare system

scientific article published in 2022

A cost-effectiveness modelling study of strategies to reduce risk of infection following primary hip replacement based on a systematic review.

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A policy case study of blood in Australia.

scientific article published on 26 August 2010

A randomized trial of fellowships for early career researchers finds a high reliability in funding decisions

scientific article published on 30 April 2015

A review of the cost-effectiveness of face-to-face behavioural interventions for smoking, physical activity, diet and alcohol.

scientific article published on June 2007

A systematic review and critical analysis of cost-effectiveness studies for coronary artery disease treatment.

scientific article published on 3 July 2018

A systematic review comparing the relative effectiveness of antimicrobial-coated catheters in intensive care units

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Allied health growth: what we do not measure we cannot manage

scientific article published on 14 May 2015

An economic analysis of the benefits of sterilizing medical instruments in low-temperature systems instead of steam.

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An economic model to assess the cost and benefits of the routine use of silver alloy coated urinary catheters to reduce the risk of urinary tract infections in catheterized patients

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Are educational interventions to prevent catheter-related bloodstream infections in intensive care unit cost-effective?

scientific article published on 21 September 2013

Australia's grant system wastes time ⬇️

scientific article published on March 21, 2013

Bridging the gap: exploring the barriers to using economic evidence in healthcare decision making and strategies for improving uptake

scientific article published on June 2015

Bureaucracy savings should go to research ⬇️

scientific article published on September 28, 2011

CHERISH (collaboration for hospitalised elders reducing the impact of stays in hospital): protocol for a multi-site improvement program to reduce geriatric syndromes in older inpatients

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Catheter-related bloodstream infections in intensive care units: a systematic review with meta-analysis

scientific article published on April 2008

Change to costs and lengths of stay in the emergency department and the Brisbane protocol: an observational study.

scientific article published on 25 February 2016

Changes in healthcare-associated Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infections after the introduction of a national hand hygiene initiative

scientific article published on 20 June 2014

Changes in healthcare-associated infections after the introduction of a national hand hygiene initiative

scientific article published in December 2014

Characteristics of national and statewide health care-associated infection surveillance programs: A qualitative study

scientific article published on 21 September 2016

Cohort study of a specialist social worker intervention on hospital use for patients at risk of long stay

scientific article published on 22 December 2018

Comparative efficacy of interventions to promote hand hygiene in hospital: systematic review and network meta-analysis

scientific article (publication date: 2015)

Comparison of the EQ-5D 3L and the SF-6D (SF-36) contemporaneous utility scores in patients with chronic kidney disease in Sri Lanka: a cross-sectional survey

scientific article published on 15 February 2019

Competing risks models and time-dependent covariates.

scientific article published on 11 April 2008

Control strategies to prevent total hip replacement-related infections: a systematic review and mixed treatment comparison

scientific article published on 06 March 2014

Correcting for bias when estimating the cost of hospital-acquired infection: an analysis of lower respiratory tract infections in non-surgical patients

scientific article published in July 2005

Cost and outcomes of assessing patients with chest pain in an Australian emergency department.

scientific article published on May 2015

Cost data for individual patients included in clinical studies: no amount of statistical analysis can compensate for inadequate costing methods

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Cost effectiveness of antimicrobial catheters in the intensive care unit: addressing uncertainty in the decision

scientific article published on 11 March 2009

Cost effectiveness of nutrition support in the prevention of pressure ulcer in hospitals.

scientific article published on 10 October 2012

Cost-Effectiveness of a National Initiative to Improve Hand Hygiene Compliance Using the Outcome of Healthcare Associated Staphylococcus aureus Bacteraemia

scientific article published on 9 February 2016

Cost-effectiveness analyses and modelling the lifetime costs and benefits of health-behaviour interventions

scientific article published in June 2006

Cost-effectiveness analysis of a hospital electronic medication management system.

scientific article published on 10 February 2015

Cost-effectiveness of a central venous catheter care bundle

scientific article (publication date: 17 September 2010)

Cost-effectiveness of a telephone-delivered intervention for physical activity and diet

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Cost-effectiveness of an intervention to reduce emergency re-admissions to hospital among older patients

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Cost-utility analysis in chronic kidney disease patients undergoing kidney transplant; what pays? A systematic review

scientific article published on 19 May 2020

Cost-utility analysis of low-intensity case management to increase contact with health services among ex-prisoners in Australia

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Costing the Australian National Hand Hygiene Initiative

scientific article published on 9 July 2014

Cutting random funding decisions ⬇️

scientific article published on January 20, 2011

Deceased donor kidney allocation: an economic evaluation of contemporary longevity matching practices

scientific article published on 09 October 2020

Depression in working adults: comparing the costs and health outcomes of working when ill.

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Design and rationale of the tobacco, exercise and diet messages (TEXT ME) trial of a text message-based intervention for ongoing prevention of cardiovascular disease in people with coronary disease: a randomised controlled trial protocol

scientific article published on 19 January 2012

Development and pilot of a multicriteria decision analysis (MCDA) tool for health services administrators

scientific article published on 24 April 2019

Differences in identifying healthcare associated infections using clinical vignettes and the influence of respondent characteristics: a cross-sectional survey of Australian infection prevention staff.

scientific article published on 19 July 2015

Doctors' perceptions of how resource limitations relate to futility in end-of-life decision making: a qualitative analysis

scientific article published on 15 May 2019

Economic evaluation of St. John's wort (Hypericum perforatum) for the treatment of mild to moderate depression.

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Economic evaluation of fecal microbiota transplantation for the treatment of recurrent Clostridium difficile infection in Australia

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Economic evaluation of interventions designed to reduce Clostridium difficile infection

scientific article published on 3 January 2018

Economic rationale for infection control in Australian hospitals

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Economics and Preventing Healthcare Acquired Infection

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Economics and preventing hospital-acquired infection: broadening the perspective.

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Educational interventions for preventing vascular catheter bloodstream infections in critical care: evidence map, systematic review and economic evaluation

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Effect of Lifestyle-Focused Text Messaging on Risk Factor Modification in Patients With Coronary Heart Disease: A Randomized Clinical Trial

scientific article published on September 2015

Effect of healthcare-acquired infection on length of hospital stay and cost

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Effect of pressure ulcers on length of hospital stay

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Effectiveness of the cardiac-diabetes transcare program: protocol for a randomised controlled trial.

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Estimating the cost of health care-associated infections: mind your p's and q's.

scientific article published on April 2010

Evaluating the economics of the Australian National Hand Hygiene Initiative

scientific article published in March 2012

Excess Length of Stay Due to Central Line–Associated Bloodstream Infection in Intensive Care Units in Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico

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Excess length of stay due to a central line associated blood stream infections in intensive care units in Argentina, Brazil and Mexico

scientific article published on 2 January 2010

Factors associated with health care-acquired urinary tract infection

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Factors associated with non-beneficial treatments in end of life hospital admissions: a multicentre retrospective cohort study in Australia

scientific article published on 04 November 2019

Funding grant proposals for scientific research: retrospective analysis of scores by members of grant review panel ⬇️

scientific article (publication date: 27 September 2011)

Health service pathways for patients with chronic leg ulcers: identifying effective pathways for facilitation of evidence based wound care ⬇️

scientific article published on March 8, 2013

Healthcare-associated infections in Australia: time for national surveillance.

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How costs change with infection prevention efforts

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How do we evaluate the cost of nosocomial infection? The ECONI protocol: an incidence study with nested case-control evaluating cost and quality of life

scientific article published on 19 June 2019

How much do superbugs cost Australian hospitals? An evidence-based open-access tool

scientific article published on 24 November 2017

How to train practising gynaecologists in total laparoscopic hysterectomy: protocol for the stepped-wedge IMAGINE trial.

scientific article published on 9 May 2019

Humans, 'things' and space: costing hospital infection control interventions

scientific article published on 18 May 2013

Implementation science: A critical but undervalued part of the healthcare innovation ecosystem

scientific article published in 2022

Improved wound management at lower cost: a sensible goal for Australia.

scientific article published on 3 December 2015

Intravascular device administration sets: replacement after standard versus prolonged use in hospitalised patients-a study protocol for a randomised controlled trial (The RSVP Trial).

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Is 27 really a dangerous age for famous musicians? Retrospective cohort study

scientific article (publication date: 20 December 2011)

Is it worth screening elective orthopaedic patients for carriage of Staphylococcus aureus? A part-retrospective case-control study in a Scottish hospital.

scientific article published on 06 September 2016

Key beliefs of hospital nurses' hand-hygiene behaviour: protecting your peers and needing effective reminders

scientific article published in April 2015

Key priorities for Australian infection control: summary of findings from the launch of the Centre for Research Excellence in Reducing Healthcare Associated Infections

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Linking Scientific Evidence and Decision Making A Case Study of Hand Hygiene Interventions

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Living Well with Diabetes: a randomized controlled trial of a telephone-delivered intervention for maintenance of weight loss, physical activity and glycaemic control in adults with type 2 diabetes

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Living well with diabetes: 24-month outcomes from a randomized trial of telephone-delivered weight loss and physical activity intervention to improve glycemic control

scientific article published on 21 March 2014

Long-term survival after intensive care unit discharge in Thailand: a retrospective study

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Malnutrition and pressure ulcer risk in adults in Australian health care facilities

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Mental health in the workplace: using the ICF to model the prospective associations between symptoms, activities, participation and environmental factors

scientific article published in January 2008

Modeling length of stay in hospital and other right skewed data: comparison of phase-type, gamma and log-normal distributions

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Modeling the costs of hospital-acquired infections in New Zealand

scientific article published on March 2003

Modeling the economic losses from pressure ulcers among hospitalized patients in Australia

scientific article published on 01 September 2005

Most relevant strategies for preventing surgical site infection after total hip arthroplasty: guideline recommendations and expert opinion.

scientific article published on 21 September 2012

Moving MobileMums forward: protocol for a larger randomized controlled trial of an improved physical activity program for women with young children ⬇️

scientific article published on June 19, 2013

Moving forward with hospital cleaning.

scientific article published on 29 June 2013

Multiple Health Behavior Changes and Co-variation in a Telephone Counseling Trial

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Nosocomial infection, the Deficit Reduction Act, and incentives for hospitals

scientific article published on 01 October 2008

Novel application of a discrete choice experiment to identify preferences for a national healthcare-associated infection surveillance programme: a cross-sectional study

scientific article published on 4 May 2016

Obesity in pregnancy: outcomes and economics.

scientific article published on 12 October 2009

Occupational therapy students' contribution to occasions of service during practice placements in health settings

scientific article published on 13 November 2011

On the time spent preparing grant proposals: an observational study of Australian researchers ⬇️

scientific article (publication date: 28 May 2013)

Open versus closed IV infusion systems: a state based model to predict risk of catheter associated blood stream infections

scientific article published on January 2011

Opportunity cost of unavailable surgical instruments in Australian hospitals

scientific article published on December 2014

Overcrowding and understaffing in modern health-care systems: key determinants in meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus transmission

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Perinatal HIV transmission and the cost-effectiveness of screening at 14 weeks gestation, at the onset of labour and the rapid testing of infants

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Pharmaceutical use and costs in patients with coronary artery disease, using Australian observational data

scientific article published on 02 November 2019

Post-discharge surgical site surveillance – where to from here?

scientific article published on 07 June 2013

Potential of St John's Wort for the treatment of depression: the economic perspective.

scientific article published on 26 October 2010

Pressure injuries among admissions to a hospital in the tropics

scientific article published on 27 July 2020

Randomized Controlled Trial of an Improved Version of MobileMums, an Intervention for Increasing Physical Activity in Women with Young Children

scientific article published on August 2015

Randomly auditing research labs could be an affordable way to improve research quality: A simulation study

scientific article published on 12 April 2018

Re-interpreting the data on the cost and effectiveness of population screening for colorectal cancer in Australia

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Reasons doctors provide futile treatment at the end of life: a qualitative study.

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Reducing catheter-associated urinary tract infections in hospitals: study protocol for a multi-site randomised controlled study

scientific article published on 28 November 2017

Reducing length of stay to improve Clostridium difficile -related health outcomes

scholarly article

Reimbursement for the cost of compression therapy for the management of venous leg ulcers in Australia

scientific article published on 29 May 2019

Researching effective approaches to cleaning in hospitals: protocol of the REACH study, a multi-site stepped-wedge randomised trial

scientific article published on 24 March 2016

Response to Grayson's letter to the editor: 'Response to K. Page et al., 'Costing the Australian National Hand Hygiene Initiative''.

scientific article published on 11 December 2014

Scepticaemia: The impact on the health system and patients of delaying new treatments with uncertain evidence; a case study of the sepsis bundle.

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Screening, isolation, and decolonisation strategies in the control of meticillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus in intensive care units: cost effectiveness evaluation

scientific article (publication date: 5 October 2011)

Smaller clinical trials for decision making; using p-values could be costly

scholarly article

Streamlined research funding using short proposals and accelerated peer review: an observational study

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Surgical site infection prevention following total hip arthroplasty in Australia: A cost-effectiveness analysis

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Surgical treatment approaches and reimbursement costs of surgical site infections post hip arthroplasty in Australia: a retrospective analysis ⬇️

scientific article published on March 11, 2013

Telephone counseling for physical activity and diet in primary care patients

scientific article published on 5 December 2008

The Cost-effectiveness of Routine Follow-up After Primary Total Hip Arthroplasty

scientific article published on 04 February 2009

The Logan Healthy Living Program: A cluster randomized trial of a telephone-delivered physical activity and dietary behavior intervention for primary care patients with type 2 diabetes or hypertension from a socially disadvantaged community — Ratio

scientific article published on 04 November 2007

The Magnitude of Time-Dependent Bias in the Estimation of Excess Length of Stay Attributable to Healthcare-Associated Infections

scientific article published on 04 June 2015

The Working After Cancer Study (WACS): a population-based study of middle-aged workers diagnosed with colorectal cancer and their return to work experiences

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The cost effectiveness of universal antenatal screening for HIV in New Zealand

scientific article published in March 2003

The cost-effectiveness of the MobileMums intervention to increase physical activity among mothers with young children: a Markov model informed by a randomised controlled trial.

scientific article published on 29 April 2015

The cost-effectiveness of total laparoscopic hysterectomy compared to total abdominal hysterectomy for the treatment of early stage endometrial cancer

scientific article published on 18 April 2013

The costs arising from pressure ulcers attributable to malnutrition

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The epic project: developing national evidence-based guidelines for preventing healthcare associated infections

scientific article published on 01 August 2001

The health and economic burden of bloodstream infections caused by antimicrobial-susceptible and non-susceptible Enterobacteriaceae and Staphylococcus aureus in European hospitals, 2010 and 2011: a multicentre retrospective cohort study

scientific article published on August 2016

The health economic implications of treatment with quetiapine: an audit of long-term treatment for patients with chronic schizophrenia

scientific article published on August 2001

The impact of a streamlined funding application process on application time: two cross-sectional surveys of Australian researchers

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The impact of funding deadlines on personal workloads, stress and family relationships: a qualitative study of Australian researchers

scientific article published on 28 March 2014

The impact of healthcare-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections on post-discharge healthcare costs and utilization

scientific article published on 26 February 2015

The importance of good data, analysis, and interpretation for showing the economics of reducing healthcare-associated infection

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The increased risks of death and extra lengths of hospital and ICU stay from hospital-acquired bloodstream infections: a case-control study

scientific article published on 31 October 2013

The need for cost-effectiveness analyses of antimicrobial stewardship programmes: A structured review.

scientific article published on 28 May 2015

The prevalence and estimates of the cumulative incidence of hospital-acquired infections among patients admitted to Auckland District Health Board Hospitals in New Zealand

scientific article published on January 2003

The prolongation of length of stay because of Clostridium difficile infection

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The rate and cost of hospital-acquired infections occurring in patients admitted to selected specialties of a district general hospital in England and the national burden imposed

scientific article published on 01 March 2001

The return to work experiences of middle-aged Australian workers diagnosed with colorectal cancer: a matched cohort study

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The time-dependent bias and its effect on extra length of stay due to nosocomial infection

scientific article published in March 2011

The use of economic evaluation in CAM: an introductory framework.

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Time to publication for publicly funded clinical trials in Australia: an observational study

scientific article published on 22 March 2017

Time-dependent analysis of extra length of stay and mortality due to ventilator-associated pneumonia in intensive-care units of ten limited-resources countries: findings of the International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium (INICC).

scientific article published on 15 February 2011

Time-dependent analysis of length of stay and mortality due to urinary tract infections in ten developing countries: INICC findings

scientific article published on 17 December 2010

Understanding the determinants of Australian hospital nurses' hand hygiene decisions following the implementation of a national hand hygiene initiative

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Using a longitudinal model to estimate the effect of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection on length of stay in an intensive care unit.

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Using a theory of planned behaviour framework to explore hand hygiene beliefs at the '5 critical moments' among Australian hospital-based nurses

scientific article published on 13 February 2015

Using machine learning techniques to develop risk prediction models to predict graft failure following kidney transplantation: protocol for a retrospective cohort study

scientific article published on 29 October 2019

Using simplified peer review processes to fund research: a prospective study

scientific article published in 2015

Valuation of hospital bed-days released by infection control programs: a comparison of methods

scientific article published on 3 September 2014

Variation in health care-associated infection surveillance practices in Australia.

scientific article published on 7 April 2015

What does "futility" mean? An empirical study of doctors' perceptions.

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What is a hospital bed day worth? A contingent valuation study of hospital Chief Executive Officers.

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Which presenteeism measures are more sensitive to depression and anxiety?

scientific article published on 6 December 2006

Who bears the cost of healthcare-acquired surgical site infection?

scientific article published on 11 June 2008

Would universal antenatal screening for HIV infection be cost-effective in a setting of very low prevalence? Modelling the data for Australia

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