Australian Health Review back issues from February 2006:
Coming to your TV - the ideal health care professional
Feb 01, 2006; ... I'm trusting my instincts - sometimes you have to take a chance to save a life. Grey's Anatomy 26 Sep 2005 Consumer behaviour research confirms the notion of references - "any external influence that provides social cues"1 (p. 341). These references assist us in forming our ...
National Case Management Standards in Australia - purpose, process and potential impact
Feb 01, 2006; ... Abstract The use of case management has been increasing within Australia. The Case Management Society of Australia was established in 1996 to promote the developing case management profession and the viability of the service model in coordinating care and resources for clients with ...
Brain drain of doctors from southern Africa: brain gain for Australia
Feb 01, 2006; ... Abstract "Brain drain" is the depletion or loss of intellectual and technical personnel. The United Nations defines it as a one-way movement of highly skilled people from developing to developed countries that only benefits the industrialised (host) world. Today, brain drain is a major ...
Mentoring for population health in general practice divisions
Feb 01, 2006; ... Abstract This paper describes the implementation and evaluation of a three-way model of service development mentoring. This population health mentoring program was funded by the Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing to enable staff from eight Divisions of General Practice in South ...
Tools for priority setting: lessons from South Australia
Feb 01, 2006; ... Abstract Background: This paper provides an overview of the process and tools used to develop and implement a priority setting framework for the Clinical Senate of South Australia. Established as a clinical advisory group to the Minister and Department of Health, the Clinical Senate ...
Improving access to evidence-based acute stroke services: development and evaluation of a health systems model to address equity of access issues
Feb 01, 2006; ... Abstract Level 1 evidence for management of patients with stroke in a dedicated Stroke Care Unit (SCU) demonstrates improved outcomes by about 20%. It has been estimated that 21% of Australian hospitals provide an SCU and that these SCUs are mainly located in either metropolitan sites ...
Diagnosis-based risk adjustment and Australian health system policy
Feb 01, 2006; ... Abstract Diagnosis-based risk adjustment is increasingly seen as an important tool for establishing capitation payments and evaluating appropriateness and efficiency of services provided and has become an important area of research for many countries contemplating health system reform ....
Entrenched health care practices and complex systems
Feb 01, 2006; ... I have been asked to write about entrenched health care practices and why they make change so difficult in the health field. In this paper I would like to explore several aspects of this issue in Canada, the United Kingdom and Australia; examine some of its origins; and look at how it manifests ...
Report watch
Feb 01, 2006; ... There have been a number of reports released in the last few months that may be of some use to AHR readers. From now on, the Book Review section will provide a list of recently released reports and their relevant web address. One report that has the potential to have a major impact on ...
Health care coverage determinations: an international comparative study
Feb 01, 2006; ... Health care coverage determinations: an international comparative study Jost TS (editor) Open University Press, 2005 ISBN: 0 335214959. RRP: $68.96 THIS DESCRIPTIVE TEXT examines the procedures, criteria and approaches across eight countries for assessing technologies for public health ...
Can job sharing work for nurse managers?
Feb 01, 2006; ... Abstract Addressing employer reluctance to employ nurse managers in a job-sharing capacity, the aim of this paper is to explore job sharing among nurse managers. The literature highlighted potential fragmentation of leadership, breakdown of communication and higher costs as issues, with ...
Building health informatics skills for health professionals: results from the Australian Health Informatics Skill Needs Survey
Feb 01, 2006; ... Abstract Objective: To ascertain health professionals' perceptions of health informatics skills required in their roles. Design: A paper-based survey with a stratified random sample of Australian health professionals and a web-based survey open to all Australian health ...
Future directions for Victoria's public maternity services: is this "what women want"?
Feb 01, 2006; ... Abstract Background: Several state governments are once again reviewing policies for the provision of maternity care. This paper presents findings from a state-wide Victorian survey of recent mothers conducted in 2000 regarding women's experiences of antenatal care. We also offer some ...
Health care financing and public responses: use of private insurance in Western Australia during 1980-2001
Feb 01, 2006; ... Abstract Objectives: The aim was to identify and explain trends and cut points in payment classification (privately insured or otherwise) for episodes of hospitalisation in Western Australia. Methods: Hospital morbidity data from 1980 to 2001 were used to produce trend lines of ...
People under 60 living in aged care facilities in Victoria
Feb 01, 2006; ... Abstract Objective: To describe the characteristics of people under 60 years of age living in residential aged care in Victoria and to examine the occupational participation of younger residents in aged care facilities by measuring their social contact, participation in recreation and ...
Contemporary issues in healthcare law and ethics
Feb 01, 2006; ... Contemporary issues in healthcare law and ethics Garwood-Gowers A, Tingle J, Wheat K (editors) Elsevier, 2005. ISBN: 0 7506 8832 7. RRP: $83.50 AS THE NAME IMPLIES, this text takes a broad view on a range of contemporary health law and ethics issues. Each self-contained chapter ...
Fundamentals of statistics in health administration
Feb 01, 2006; ... Fundamentals of statistics in health administration Broyles RW Jones and Bartlett, 2006 ISBN: 978 0 7637 4556 1. RRP: $82.50 THIS TEXT IS A USEFUL addition to the desktop or library of health care managers who are required to analyse quantitative data using a range of statistical tests ....