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View article: Implementing patient-centred outcome measures in palliative care clinical practice. An updated systematic review of facilitators and barriers
Implementing patient-centred outcome measures in palliative care clinical practice. An updated systematic review of facilitators and barriers Open
Background. Patient-centred outcome measures (PCOMs), when well implemented, are powerful tools facilitating patient, family and clinical communication to better respond to patient needs throughout the disease trajectory. Their routine use…
View article: Hospital and out‐of‐hospital services provided by public geriatric medicine departments in Australia and New Zealand
Hospital and out‐of‐hospital services provided by public geriatric medicine departments in Australia and New Zealand Open
Objective To describe the types of hospital and out‐of‐hospital services provided by public geriatric medicine departments in Australia and New Zealand, and to explore head of department (HOD) views on issues in current and future service …
View article: The experience of Australian aged care workers during a trial implementation of a palliative care outcomes programme
The experience of Australian aged care workers during a trial implementation of a palliative care outcomes programme Open
End of life care is an essential part of the role of Australian aged care homes (ACHs). However, there is no national framework to support aged care staff in systematically identifying residents with palliative care needs or to routinely a…
View article: Implementing patient-centred outcome measures in palliative care clinical practice for adults (IMPCOM): Protocol for an update systematic review of facilitators and barriers
Implementing patient-centred outcome measures in palliative care clinical practice for adults (IMPCOM): Protocol for an update systematic review of facilitators and barriers Open
Background: Despite the development of patient-centred or patient-reported outcome measures (PCOMs or PROMs) in palliative and end-of-life care over recent years, their routine use in practice faces continuing challenges. Objective: To upd…
View article: Implementing patient-centred outcome measures in palliative care clinical practice for adults (IMPCOM): Protocol for an update systematic review of facilitators and barriers
Implementing patient-centred outcome measures in palliative care clinical practice for adults (IMPCOM): Protocol for an update systematic review of facilitators and barriers Open
Background: Despite the development of patient-centred or patient-reported outcome measures (PCOMs or PROMs) in palliative and end-of-life care over recent years, their routine use in practice faces continuing challenges. Objective: To upd…
View article: <scp>NSW</scp> Cannabis Medicines Advisory Service preliminary survey results: enquirer perceptions and patient outcomes
<span>NSW</span> Cannabis Medicines Advisory Service preliminary survey results: enquirer perceptions and patient outcomes Open
Background In 2018, an innovative, State government‐funded cannabis medicines drug information service was established for health professionals in New South Wales (NSW). The NSW Cannabis Medicines Advisory Service (CMAS) provides expert cl…
View article: Patient-reported outcome measurement of symptom distress is feasible in most clinical scenarios in palliative care: an observational study involving routinely collected data
Patient-reported outcome measurement of symptom distress is feasible in most clinical scenarios in palliative care: an observational study involving routinely collected data Open
Background Implementation of routinely collected patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) ensures patients’ priorities are at the forefront of care planning and helps to standardize approaches to quality improvement. In palliative care, b…
View article: The PCOC Symptom Assessment Scale (SAS): A valid measure for daily use at point of care and in palliative care programs
The PCOC Symptom Assessment Scale (SAS): A valid measure for daily use at point of care and in palliative care programs Open
Background Very few measures are used successfully as part of routine care within national palliative care outcome programs. Only a handful of studies examine these measures. The aim of this study is to evaluate the validity of a measure u…
View article: 8 Developing a casemix classification for specialist palliative care: a multi-centre cohort study to develop a patient-specific prediction model for the cost of specialist palliative care using classification and regression tree analysis
8 Developing a casemix classification for specialist palliative care: a multi-centre cohort study to develop a patient-specific prediction model for the cost of specialist palliative care using classification and regression tree analysis Open
Background There is wide inequity in specialist palliative care provision across settings. The absence of any standard way to group by case complexity is a barrier to addressing these inequities. Aim We therefore aimed to develop a casemix…
View article: Comparing functional decline and distress from symptoms in people with thoracic life-limiting illnesses: lung cancers and non-malignant end-stage respiratory diseases
Comparing functional decline and distress from symptoms in people with thoracic life-limiting illnesses: lung cancers and non-malignant end-stage respiratory diseases Open
Background Malignant and non-malignant respiratory diseases account for >4.6 million deaths annually worldwide. Despite similar symptom burdens, serious inequities in access to palliative care persists for people with non-malignant respira…
View article: How Many People Need Palliative Care and How Many Miss Out?
How Many People Need Palliative Care and How Many Miss Out? Open
With an ageing population and growing burden of chronic disease, the number of people requiring palliative or end-of-life care (P&EOLC) is set to rise. It is imperative to develop a comprehensive understanding of the quality and equity of …
View article: A tool to identify potential primary care presentations in the hospital emergency department
A tool to identify potential primary care presentations in the hospital emergency department Open
Background Access to primary care has an impact on health outcomes and is a significant public health issue. Limited access to primary care has seen non-urgent presentations to hospital emergency departments continue to rise globally. A la…
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: A profile of patients receiving palliative care in Western Australia for July – December 2019
A profile of patients receiving palliative care in Western Australia for July – December 2019 Open
The Palliative Care Outcomes Collaboration (PCOC) is a national program that aims to improve the quality and outcomes of palliative care in Australia. This is achieved via a standardised clinical language that supports a national data coll…
View article: A profile of patients receiving palliative care in Queensland for July – December 2019
A profile of patients receiving palliative care in Queensland for July – December 2019 Open
The Palliative Care Outcomes Collaboration (PCOC) is a national program that aims to improve the quality and outcomes of palliative care in Australia. This is achieved via a standardised clinical language that supports a national data coll…
View article: A profile of patients receiving palliative care in South Australia for July – December 2019
A profile of patients receiving palliative care in South Australia for July – December 2019 Open
The Palliative Care Outcomes Collaboration (PCOC) is a national program that aims to improve the quality and outcomes of palliative care in Australia. This is achieved via a standardised clinical language that supports a national data coll…
View article: A profile of patients receiving palliative care in NSW and ACT for July – December 2019
A profile of patients receiving palliative care in NSW and ACT for July – December 2019 Open
The Palliative Care Outcomes Collaboration (PCOC) is a national program that aims to improve the quality and outcomes of palliative care in Australia. This is achieved via a standardised clinical language that supports a national data coll…
View article: A profile of patients receiving palliative care in Australia for July – December 2019
A profile of patients receiving palliative care in Australia for July – December 2019 Open
The Palliative Care Outcomes Collaboration (PCOC) is a national program that aims to improve the quality and outcomes of palliative care in Australia. This is achieved via a standardised clinical language that supports a national data coll…
View article: A profile of patients receiving palliative care in Victoria for July – December 2019
A profile of patients receiving palliative care in Victoria for July – December 2019 Open
The Palliative Care Outcomes Collaboration (PCOC) is a national program that aims to improve the quality and outcomes of palliative care in Australia. This is achieved via a standardised clinical language that supports a national data coll…
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: Table of Contents and Advertisements
Table of Contents and Advertisements Open
AHR explores major national and international health issues and questions. Our readership includes managers, policy makers and clinical staff in health organisations including government departments, hospitals, community centres and aged-c…
View article: Which outcome domains are important in palliative care and when? An international expert consensus workshop, using the nominal group technique
Which outcome domains are important in palliative care and when? An international expert consensus workshop, using the nominal group technique Open
Background: When capturing patient-level outcomes in palliative care, it is essential to identify which outcome domains are most important and focus efforts to capture these, in order to improve quality of care and minimise collection burd…
View article: Here one year, gone the next? Investigating persistence of frequent emergency department attendance: a retrospective study in Australia
Here one year, gone the next? Investigating persistence of frequent emergency department attendance: a retrospective study in Australia Open
Objectives Patients are presenting to emergency departments (EDs) with increasing complexity at rates beyond population growth and ageing. Intervention studies target patients with 12 months or less of frequent attendance. However, these i…
View article: Development and evaluation of a code frame to identify potential primary care presentations in the hospital emergency department
Development and evaluation of a code frame to identify potential primary care presentations in the hospital emergency department Open
Objective A major challenge in evaluating the appropriateness of ED presentations is the lack of a universal and workable definition of patients who could have received primary care instead. Our objective was to develop a standardised code…
View article: Emerging role of the Australian private health insurance sector in providing chronic disease management programs: current activities, challenges and constraints
Emerging role of the Australian private health insurance sector in providing chronic disease management programs: current activities, challenges and constraints Open
Objective This study explored the current activities of a sample of Australian private health insurance (PHI) funds to support the care of people living with chronic conditions, following changes to PHI legislation in 2007 permitting funds…
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: electronic Persistent Pain Outcomes Collaboration Annual Data Report 2018
electronic Persistent Pain Outcomes Collaboration Annual Data Report 2018 Open
ePPOC is a program that aims to improve services and outcomes for people experiencing persistent pain. It involves specialist pain services collecting a standard set of information to measure outcomes for their patients as a result of trea…
View article: The AN-ACC assessment model. The Resource Utilisation and Classification Study: Report 2
The AN-ACC assessment model. The Resource Utilisation and Classification Study: Report 2 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’(…