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View article: Evaluation of a mental health service reform program, the Pathways to Community Living Initiative, for people with severe mental illness and complex needs
Evaluation of a mental health service reform program, the Pathways to Community Living Initiative, for people with severe mental illness and complex needs Open
Objective The Pathways to Community Living Initiative (PCLI) aims to reform mental health care for people with severe and persistent mental illness (SPMI) and complex needs. This study reports independent evaluation findings on transitions…
View article: Randomised trial of general practitioner online education for prescribing and test ordering
Randomised trial of general practitioner online education for prescribing and test ordering Open
Introduction Potentially inappropriate medicine prescriptions and low-value diagnostic testing pose risks to patient safety and increases in health system costs. The aim of the Clinical and Healthcare Improvement through My Health Record u…
View article: Older people's out-of-home mobility and wellbeing in Australia: Personal, built environment, and transportation factors associated with unmet mobility needs
Older people's out-of-home mobility and wellbeing in Australia: Personal, built environment, and transportation factors associated with unmet mobility needs Open
Out-of-home mobility is fundamental to older people's wellbeing and quality of life. Understanding the unmet mobility needs of older people is a necessary starting point for determining how they can be supported to be mobile. This study es…
View article: A Systematic Review with Framework Synthesis of the Ways That Urban Environments Influence Opportunities for Healthy and Sustainable Mobility in Older Age
A Systematic Review with Framework Synthesis of the Ways That Urban Environments Influence Opportunities for Healthy and Sustainable Mobility in Older Age Open
Supporting older people’s use of sustainable transport is important for both population health and sustainable development, especially in the context of global population ageing. This systematic review identifies individual and environment…
View article: Co-Flowering Species Richness Increases Pollinator Visitation to Apple Flowers
Co-Flowering Species Richness Increases Pollinator Visitation to Apple Flowers Open
Co-flowering plants can experience an array of interactions, ranging from facilitation to competition, the direction and strength of which are often dependent on the relative abundance and diversity of the plant species involved and the fo…
View article: What Does It Take to Get Somebody Back to Work after Severe Acquired Brain Injury? Service Actions within the Vocational Intervention Program (VIP 2.0)
What Does It Take to Get Somebody Back to Work after Severe Acquired Brain Injury? Service Actions within the Vocational Intervention Program (VIP 2.0) Open
Little is known about service actions delivered in the complex intervention of vocational rehabilitation (VR) for people with severe acquired brain injury (ABI). Scale-up of the Vocational Intervention Program (VIP) across the 12 Community…
View article: Co-flowering plants support diverse pollinator populations and facilitate pollinator visitation to sweet cherry crops
Co-flowering plants support diverse pollinator populations and facilitate pollinator visitation to sweet cherry crops Open
Many food crops depend on animal pollination to set fruit. In light of pollinator declines there is growing recognition of the need for agro-ecosystems that can sustain wild pollinator populations, ensuring fruit production and pollinator …
View article: Clinical and Healthcare Improvement through My Health Record usage and Education in General Practice (CHIME-GP): A study protocol for a cluster-randomised controlled trial
Clinical and Healthcare Improvement through My Health Record usage and Education in General Practice (CHIME-GP): A study protocol for a cluster-randomised controlled trial Open
Background: There is international interest in whether improved primary care can lead to a more rational use of health resources and whether the use of a national digital health record system by primary health care professionals can help a…
View article: Health in cities: Getting out and about as we age
Health in cities: Getting out and about as we age Open
Transportation influences health through its effects on people's access to goods, services, and life chance opportunities; social interactions; physical activity levels; air pollution exposures; and road injury risks. Given the ageing of p…
View article: The Australian National Aged Care Classification ( <scp>AN</scp> ‐ <scp>ACC</scp> ): a new casemix classification for residential aged care
The Australian National Aged Care Classification ( <span>AN</span> ‐ <span>ACC</span> ): a new casemix classification for residential aged care Open
The care burden associated with frailty, mobility, function, cognition, behaviour and technical nursing needs drives residential aged care resource use. The AN-ACC is sufficiently robust for estimating the funding and staffing requirements…
View article: How Australian residential aged care staffing levels compare with international and national benchmarks
How Australian residential aged care staffing levels compare with international and national benchmarks Open
The Centre for Health Service Development, part of the Australian Health Services Research Institute (AHSRI) at the University of Wollongong, was commissioned by the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety (the Commission) to un…
View article: A psychometric analysis of the Caring Assessment Tool version V
A psychometric analysis of the Caring Assessment Tool version V Open
Aim The aim of this study was to examine the factor structure and construct validity of the Caring Assessment Tool version V (CAT‐V) for patients in Australian hospitals. Design Secondary analysis of CAT‐V surveys from the Australian Nursi…
View article: Modelling the impact of the AN-ACC in Australia.The Resource Utilisation and Classification Study: Report 4
Modelling the impact of the AN-ACC in Australia.The Resource Utilisation and Classification Study: Report 4 Open
A national study to develop a new methodology for determining appropriate funding for places in residential aged care homes, the ‘Resource Utilisation and Classification Study’ (RUCS), was commissioned by the Commonwealth Department of Hea…
View article: Topic 4: Future directions in health care delivery
Topic 4: Future directions in health care delivery Open
The Department of Health announced an Independent Review of Nursing Education – Educating the Nurse of the Future (the Review) as a measure in the 2018/19 Federal Budget in May 2018. This is the fouth of 4 literature reviews to inform the …
View article: AN-ACC Technical appendices. The Resource Utilisation and ClassificationStudy: Report 7
AN-ACC Technical appendices. The Resource Utilisation and ClassificationStudy: Report 7 Open
This report is a series of technical appendices that contain detailed data for reference purposes.
View article: A funding model for the residential aged care sector. The Resource Utilisation and Classification Study: Report 5
A funding model for the residential aged care sector. The Resource Utilisation and Classification Study: Report 5 Open
This is one of a series of reports that presents the results of an important national study commissioned by the Department of Health (the Department) to inform the development of a new funding model for residential aged care in Australia. …
View article: AN-ACC: A national classification and funding model for residential aged care: Synthesis and consolidated recommendations. The Resource Utilisation and Classification Study: Report 6
AN-ACC: A national classification and funding model for residential aged care: Synthesis and consolidated recommendations. The Resource Utilisation and Classification Study: Report 6 Open
This report syntheses and consolidates the findings presented in other reports and provides a consolidated set of recommendations.
View article: Structural and individual costs of residential aged care services in Australia. The Resource Utilisation and Classification Study: Report 3
Structural and individual costs of residential aged care services in Australia. The Resource Utilisation and Classification Study: Report 3 Open
The Australian Health Services Research Institute (AHSRI), University of Wollongong, was commissioned by the Commonwealth Department of Health (the Department) in August 2017 to undertake the ‘Resource Utilisation and Classification Study’…
View article: Research into services and needs for people experiencing complicated grief: Final report
Research into services and needs for people experiencing complicated grief: Final report Open
This report is the result of research into services and needs for people experiencing complicated grief. The project was undertaken by the Centre for Health Service Development, a multidisciplinary research centre based within the Australi…