Published in BMC Health Serv Res on July 21, 2010
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The association between hospital overcrowding and mortality among patients admitted via Western Australian emergency departments. Med J Aust (2006) 4.08
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A brief risk-stratification tool to predict repeat emergency department visits and hospitalizations in older patients discharged from the emergency department. Acad Emerg Med (2003) 1.80
Why patients attend emergency departments for conditions potentially appropriate for primary care: reasons given by patients and clinicians differ. Emerg Med Australas (2007) 1.78
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High-cost users of hospital beds in Western Australia: a population-based record linkage study. Med J Aust (2006) 1.72
Hospital utilization for ambulatory care sensitive conditions: health outcome disparities associated with race and ethnicity. Soc Sci Med (2003) 1.70
Applying the Gelberg-Andersen behavioral model for vulnerable populations to health services utilization in homeless women. J Health Psychol (2007) 1.64
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Using routine inpatient data to identify patients at risk of hospital readmission. BMC Health Serv Res (2009) 1.47
Frequent users of the emergency department: a program to improve care and reduce visits. CMAJ (2000) 1.45
Statistical procedures for analyzing mental health services data. Psychiatry Res (2008) 1.37
Repeated use of the emergency department: qualitative study of the patient's perspective. Emerg Med J (2001) 1.34
Defining frequent use of an urban emergency department. Emerg Med J (2007) 1.33
A descriptive study of heavy emergency department users at an academic emergency department reveals heavy ED users have better access to care than average users. J Emerg Nurs (2005) 1.32
The emergency department for routine healthcare: race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and perceptual factors. J Emerg Med (2007) 1.32
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Frequent users of emergency departments. Do they also use family physicians' services? Can Fam Physician (2002) 1.29
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Using the SF-12 health status measure to improve predictions of medical expenditures. Med Care (2006) 1.20
Psychiatric status, somatisation, and health care utilization of frequent attenders at the emergency department: a comparison with routine attenders. J Psychosom Res (2001) 1.17
Patients' perspective on choosing the emergency department for nonurgent medical care: a qualitative study exploring one reason for overcrowding. J Emerg Nurs (2005) 1.10
Non-urgent visits to a hospital emergency department in Italy. Public Health (2003) 1.09
Socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of re-presentation to an Australian inner-city emergency department: implications for service delivery. BMC Public Health (2007) 1.01
Regular attenders to the accident and emergency department. J Accid Emerg Med (2000) 0.98
Somatic symptoms in anxious-depressed school refusers. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry (1997) 0.97
The heaviest repeat users of an inner city emergency department are not general practice patients. Emerg Med (Fremantle) (2003) 0.95
Primary care presentations at emergency departments: rates and reasons by age and sex. Aust Health Rev (2008) 0.91
Characteristics and temporal trends of "left before being seen" visits in US emergency departments, 1995-2002. J Emerg Med (2007) 0.89
Analysis of emergency department utilization by elderly patients under National Health Insurance. Kaohsiung J Med Sci (2003) 0.88
Hospital overcrowding: a threat to patient safety? Med J Aust (2006) 0.83
Appropriate statistical treatment of frequent emergency department visits in health services research. Ann Emerg Med (2007) 0.83
Emergency department frequent flyers: unnecessary load or a lifeline? Med J Aust (2006) 0.81
Emergency department overcrowding: dying to get in? Med J Aust (2007) 0.80
How can we ground the "frequent fliers"? J Am Geriatr Soc (2007) 0.76
Improving the peer-review process for grant applications: reliability, validity, bias, and generalizability. Am Psychol (2008) 3.11
A cluster randomised controlled trial of vascular risk factor management in general practice. Med J Aust (2012) 2.53
Patient-centred access to health care: conceptualising access at the interface of health systems and populations. Int J Equity Health (2013) 2.36
The inverse care law revisited: impact of disadvantaged location on accessing longer GP consultation times. Med J Aust (2002) 2.15
Attitudes, norms and controls influencing lifestyle risk factor management in general practice. BMC Fam Pract (2009) 2.11
Providing healthcare for people with chronic illness: the views of Australian GPs. Med J Aust (2003) 2.10
Coordinating primary health care: an analysis of the outcomes of a systematic review. Med J Aust (2008) 2.06
Weight management in general practice: what do patients want? Med J Aust (2006) 1.98
Multifocal breast cancer and survival: each focus does matter particularly for larger tumours. Eur J Cancer (2010) 1.70
Team climate for innovation: what difference does it make in general practice? Int J Qual Health Care (2007) 1.67
Reliability and validity of arm volume measurements for assessment of lymphedema. Phys Ther (2006) 1.61
Coordination of care for patients with chronic disease. Med J Aust (2009) 1.60
Relationship between mental health disorders and unemployment status in Australian adults. Aust N Z J Psychiatry (2003) 1.50
Designing payments for GPs to improve the quality of diabetes care. Med J Aust (2012) 1.42
The 45 year old health check - feasibility and impact on practices and patient behaviour. Aust Fam Physician (2009) 1.40
An exploration of how clinician attitudes and beliefs influence the implementation of lifestyle risk factor management in primary healthcare: a grounded theory study. Implement Sci (2009) 1.33
A systematic review of interventions in primary care to improve health literacy for chronic disease behavioral risk factors. BMC Fam Pract (2012) 1.29
Explaining the variation in the management of lifestyle risk factors in primary health care: a multilevel cross sectional study. BMC Public Health (2009) 1.26
How people with chronic illnesses view their care in general practice: a qualitative study. Med J Aust (2004) 1.13
Job satisfaction of staff and the team environment in Australian general practice. Med J Aust (2007) 1.12
The effectiveness of health impact assessment in influencing decision-making in Australia and New Zealand 2005-2009. BMC Public Health (2013) 1.09
Chronic disease self-management: implementation with and within Australian general practice. Med J Aust (2008) 1.08
Chronically ill Australians' satisfaction with accessibility and patient-centredness. Int J Qual Health Care (2007) 1.08
What predicts patient-reported GP management of smoking, nutrition, alcohol, physical activity and weight? Aust J Prim Health (2012) 1.07
Health improvement and prevention study (HIPS) - evaluation of an intervention to prevent vascular disease in general practice. BMC Fam Pract (2010) 1.07
Multidisciplinary care plans for diabetes: how are they used? Med J Aust (2007) 1.06
Quality of life of Australian chronically-ill adults: patient and practice characteristics matter. Health Qual Life Outcomes (2009) 1.06
Effectiveness of a mHealth Lifestyle Program With Telephone Support (TXT2BFiT) to Prevent Unhealthy Weight Gain in Young Adults: Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Mhealth Uhealth (2015) 1.05
Access to primary health care services by community-based asylum seekers. Med J Aust (2011) 1.02
Cancer care: what role for the general practitioner? Med J Aust (2008) 1.01
"Should I and can I?" A mixed methods study of clinician beliefs and attitudes in the management of lifestyle risk factors in primary health care. BMC Health Serv Res (2008) 1.01
Effective Strategies to Recruit Young Adults Into the TXT2BFiT mHealth Randomized Controlled Trial for Weight Gain Prevention. JMIR Res Protoc (2015) 1.00
Finding common ground? Evaluating an intervention to improve teamwork among primary health-care professionals. Int J Qual Health Care (2010) 0.99
Predictors of primary care referrals to a vascular disease prevention lifestyle program among participants in a cluster randomised trial. BMC Health Serv Res (2012) 0.99
A systematic review of interventions to enhance access to best practice primary health care for chronic disease management, prevention and episodic care. BMC Health Serv Res (2012) 0.97
Multidisciplinary Team Care Arrangements in the management of patients with chronic disease in Australian general practice. Med J Aust (2011) 0.95
Effect of margins on ipsilateral breast tumor recurrence after breast conservation therapy for lymph node-negative breast carcinoma. Cancer (2004) 0.95
Factors influencing participation in a vascular disease prevention lifestyle program among participants in a cluster randomized trial. BMC Health Serv Res (2013) 0.94
The implementation and impact of different funding initiatives on access to multidisciplinary primary health care and policy implications. Med J Aust (2008) 0.94
Which providers can bridge the health literacy gap in lifestyle risk factor modification education: a systematic review and narrative synthesis. BMC Fam Pract (2012) 0.94
Sharing or shuffling--realities of chronic disease care in general practice. Med J Aust (2008) 0.93
General practitioner views on barriers and facilitators to implementation of the Asthma 3+ Visit Plan. Med J Aust (2005) 0.92
Improving implementation of evidence-based prevention in primary care. Med J Aust (2010) 0.92
Assessment and management of lifestyle risk factors in rural and urban general practices in Australia. Aust J Prim Health (2010) 0.91
Patients Assessment of Chronic Illness Care (PACIC) in two Australian studies: structure and utility. J Eval Clin Pract (2010) 0.91
A pragmatic cluster randomized controlled trial of early intervention for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease by practice nurse-general practitioner teams: Study Protocol. Implement Sci (2012) 0.91
Understanding the relationship between stress, distress and healthy lifestyle behaviour: a qualitative study of patients and general practitioners. BMC Fam Pract (2013) 0.91
Patients' experiences of referral for colorectal cancer. BMC Fam Pract (2013) 0.89
Cardiovascular risk levels in general practice patients with type 2 diabetes in rural and urban areas. Aust J Rural Health (2007) 0.89
A better model of diabetes self-management? Interactions between GP communication and patient self-efficacy in self-monitoring of blood glucose. Patient Educ Couns (2009) 0.88
Preventive evidence into practice (PEP) study: implementation of guidelines to prevent primary vascular disease in general practice protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial. Implement Sci (2013) 0.88
Evaluating general practitioners' views on the enhanced primary care items for care planning and case conferencing. A one year follow up. Aust Fam Physician (2002) 0.88
How effective are the linkages between self-management programmes and primary care providers, especially for disadvantaged patients? Chronic Illn (2010) 0.86
Relevance of the American College of Surgeons Oncology Group Z0011 Trial to breast cancer in the Australian setting. ANZ J Surg (2013) 0.85
The prognostic value of Ki67 in systemically untreated patients with node-negative breast cancer. J Clin Pathol (2014) 0.85
Using AUDIT to classify patients into Australian Alcohol Guideline categories. Med J Aust (2004) 0.84
Bringing evidence to bear on policy processes: the challenge of the Australian Primary Health Care Research Institute. Med J Aust (2008) 0.84
Prerequisites for implementing cardiovascular absolute risk assessment in general practice: a qualitative study of Australian general practitioners' and patients' views. J Eval Clin Pract (2010) 0.83
Improving glycaemic and BP control in type 2 diabetes. The effectiveness of tai chi. Aust Fam Physician (2008) 0.83
Chronic Care Team Profile: a brief tool to measure the structure and function of chronic care teams in general practice. J Eval Clin Pract (2009) 0.83
Is there scope for community health nurses to address lifestyle risk factors? the community nursing SNAP trial. BMC Nurs (2012) 0.83
Venous thromboembolism - management in general practice. Aust Fam Physician (2009) 0.83
Feasibility and efficacy of COPD case finding by practice nurses. Aust Fam Physician (2009) 0.82
Quality of chronic disease care in general practice: the development and validation of a provider interview tool. BMC Fam Pract (2007) 0.82
Activating patients with chronic disease for self-management: comparison of self-managing patients with those managing by frequent readmissions to hospital. Aust J Prim Health (2013) 0.82
Healthcare improvement as planned system change or complex responsive processes? a longitudinal case study in general practice. BMC Fam Pract (2013) 0.82
An efficacy trial of brief lifestyle intervention delivered by generalist community nurses (CN SNAP trial). BMC Nurs (2010) 0.82
Patient and practice characteristics predict the frequency of general practice multidisciplinary referrals of patients with chronic diseases: a multilevel study. Health Policy (2010) 0.81
Socio-demographic factors, behaviour and personality: associations with psychological distress. Eur J Prev Cardiol (2011) 0.81
Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in general practice: a decision-making dilemma. Med J Aust (2007) 0.81
Engaging participants in a complex intervention trial in Australian General Practice. BMC Med Res Methodol (2008) 0.81
Preventive care in general practice among healthy older New South Wales residents. BMC Fam Pract (2013) 0.80
How feasible are lifestyle modification programs for disease prevention in general practice? Aust J Prim Health (2012) 0.80
Preventing vascular disease - effective strategies for implementing guidelines in general practice. Aust Fam Physician (2011) 0.80
Gender differences in health-related quality of life of Australian chronically-ill adults: patient and physician characteristics do matter. Health Qual Life Outcomes (2013) 0.80
A Mobile Health Lifestyle Program for Prevention of Weight Gain in Young Adults (TXT2BFiT): Nine-Month Outcomes of a Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Mhealth Uhealth (2016) 0.80
Changing community health service delivery in economically less-developed rural areas in China: impact on service use and satisfaction. BMJ Open (2014) 0.80
Validation of an instrument to measure inter-organisational linkages in general practice. Int J Integr Care (2007) 0.79
Analysis of the psychological impact of a vascular risk factor intervention: results from a cluster randomized controlled trial in Australian general practice. BMC Fam Pract (2013) 0.79
Working in disadvantaged communities: What additional competencies do we need? Aust New Zealand Health Policy (2009) 0.79
What distinguishes clinicians who better support patients for chronic disease self-management? Aust J Prim Health (2012) 0.79
Prevention of diabetes and heart disease -- patient perceptions on risk, risk assessment and the role of their GP in preventive care. Aust Fam Physician (2013) 0.79
The impact of a brief lifestyle intervention delivered by generalist community nurses (CN SNAP trial). BMC Public Health (2013) 0.78
Clients' experience of brief lifestyle interventions by community nurses. Aust J Prim Health (2012) 0.78
Lifestyle intervention - a study on maintenance in general practice. Aust Fam Physician (2011) 0.78
Systematic care for asthma in Australian general practice: a randomised controlled trial. Med J Aust (2010) 0.78