Health
Pharmacogenomics
NHPF
A 32-page US paper on the new medical field linking genetic variations to the difference in how individuals respond to the same drugs
Health, Science & TechnologyPosted: 2008-02-01
Physical Activity and Health in Mid-age and Older Australian Women
OFW
This report examines the links between physical activity and health in mid-age and older women.
Physician Assistants are a Key to Better Health Care in Canada
IRPP
This Canadian article advocates the introduction of the US system of Physician Assistants to Canada
HealthPosted: 2007-03-28
Physician-Leaders and Hospital Performance: Is There an Association?
IZA
This 25-page cross-sectional study reports evidence on the hypothesis that having physicians in leadership positions is valuable for hospital performance
HealthPosted: 2011-07-28
Planning for the Next Pandemic Threat: Defining the Federal Role in Public Health Emergencies
Institute for Research on Public Policy
This 36-page Canadian paper addresses some unresolved emergency response problems highlighted by reports examining the SARS outbreak
Health, Public Safety & Disaster MitigationPosted: 2005-11-29
Point-of-Care HIV Testing Using Rapid HIV Test Kits
Public Health Agency of Canada
A 38-page Canadian guidance document for health care professionals conducting point-of-care HIV testing using rapid HIV test kits
HealthPosted: 2007-12-24
Policies and Incentives for Promoting Innovation in Antibiotic Research
LSE
This draft 199-page UK report aims to fill the information gaps on policies and incentives for promoting innovation in antibiotic research
HealthPosted: 2009-10-17
Population and Health Policies
Economic Growth Center
This 101-page US discussion paper focuses on research methods, findings, and questions that economists can clarify regarding the causal relationships between economic development, health outcomes, and reproductive behavior, which operate in many directions, posing problems for identifying causal pathways
HealthPosted: 2009-09-17
Possibility or Utopia? Consumer Choice in Healthcare: A Literature Review
Rand Corporation
This 168-page literature review examines consumer choice in healthcare in the context of the German system, together with experiences in other industrialised countries, and effects on health status, satisfaction, fairness and macro-economics
Health, Social PolicyPosted: 2004-04-02
Post-diagnosis Support for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Their Families and Carers
SPRC
This 170-page Australian paper consists of two reports on post-diagnosis support for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. The reports are based on literature reviews addressing the experiences of diagnosis, treatment and support for families with children who are diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Families, Children & Youth, HealthPosted: 2011-05-19
Post-diagnosis Support for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Their Families and Carers
fahcsia
These two Australian reports are based on literature reviews addressing the experiences of diagnosis, treatment and support for families with children who are diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Health, Families, Children & YouthPosted: 2011-06-02
Post-traumatic Stress Disorder and the Mental Health of Military Personnel and Veterans
Library of Parliament - Canada
A 12-page Canadian study into the challenges posed by Post-traumatic Stress Disorder affecting military personnel
Health, Defence, Terrorism & SecurityPosted: 2011-11-11
Practice Activity Patterns of Dentists in Australia
ARCPOH
A 68-page study showing trends in the activity patterns of dentists in Australia by age of patients
HealthPosted: 2006-06-03
Practice-based Commissioning: Reinvigorate, Replace or Abandon?
The King's Fund
This 80-page report assesses the progress of practice-based commissioning in the UK National Health Service and identifies the barriers that are limiting success.
HealthPosted: 2008-12-06
Precarious Housing and Health Inequalities: What Are the Links?
Hanover Welfare Services
Summary findings of an Australian study exploring the relationship between precarious housing and health
Predictive Risk Modelling in Health: Options for New Zealand and Australia
Australian Health Review
This Australian article reviews the current knowledge about predictive risk models (PRMs) and explores some of the issues surrounding the potential introduction of a PRM to a public health system
Health, Science & TechnologyPosted: 2011-08-08
Premature Mortality from Chronic Disease
AIHW
This 20-page Australian bulletin estimates the potential years of life lost to describe mortality patterns for deaths due to chronic disease
HealthPosted: 2011-01-05
Preparing for the Impact of Dementia
Research Service, Parliament of New South Wales
An 80-page Auastralian briefing paper providing an overview of the prevalence of dementia, its economic and social costs and its impact on health and aged care systems
Preparing for the Next Pandemic
Council on Foreign Relations
A 6-page essay offering a blueprint for limiting the fallout from an influenza pandemic
Public Safety & Disaster Mitigation, HealthPosted: 2005-06-25
Prescription for Progress: The Critical Path to Drug Development
Manhattan Institute
A 40-page report of a US task force meeting held to consider how advances in genomics and other disciplines might be used to optimize the drug approval process
Health, Science & TechnologyPosted: 2006-06-10
Preventable Chronic Diseases in Aboriginal Populations
Department of Health and Families
The purpose of this 62-page Australian paper is to provide background information about chronic diseases in the Aboriginal population in the NT and to stimulate input and comment to assist in the revision of the Preventable Chronic diseases Strategy (PCDS) and implementation plan
Indigenous Affairs, HealthPosted: 2009-09-11
Preventing Meningitis
Department of Health - UK
A UK report providing information about meningitis, its symptoms and the campaigns used to help fight the disease (single page linking to each section)
HealthPosted: 2006-11-28
Preventing Mother-to-child Transmission of HIV During Breastfeeding
WHO
A 4-page policy brief on the efficacy of combination antiretroviral drugs during pregnancy, delivery and breastfeeding
Health, Families, Children & YouthPosted: 2011-01-14
Preventing Sudden Infant Deaths in Canada
Government of Canada et al.
A 4-page overview of issues relevant to safe sleep for infants
Health, Families, Children & YouthPosted: 2011-07-15
Preventing Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy
Ministry of Health - New Zealand
A 4-page New Zealand guidance for health professionals on preventing SUDI
Health, Families, Children & YouthPosted: 2008-05-16
Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease, Diabetes and Chronic Kidney Disease
AIHW
This 140-page Australian report discusses the national prevalence of these three common diseases as well as population initiatives and individual services that aim to prevent or control their risk factors
HealthPosted: 2009-12-15
Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease, Diabetes and Chronic Kidney Disease: Targeting Risk Factors
AIHW
This 140-page Australian report provides information on the national prevalence of the main risk factors for CVD, CKD and diabetes as well as population initiatives and individual services that aim to prevent or control these risk factors
HealthPosted: 2009-12-11
Primary and Secondary Control Enhancement Training (PASCET)
Promising Practices Network
Details of a US programme showing promise for the treatment of depression in secondary school age children
Health, Families, Children & YouthPosted: 2007-03-15
Primary Carers of People with Arthritis and Osteoporosis
AIHW
This 44-page Australian report brings together the latest data to highlight the impact of caring for people with arthritis and osteoporosis on the carers themselves
Health, Families, Children & YouthPosted: 2010-05-23
Principles for Characterizing the Potential Human Health Effects from Exposure to Nanomaterials: Elements of a Screening Strategy
'Particle and Fibre Toxicology'
A 35-page report presenting a broad data-gathering strategy applicable to this early stage in the development of a risk assessment process for nanomaterials
Health, Public Safety & Disaster MitigationPosted: 2005-10-25
Priorities in Health
World Bank
A 212-page distillation of "Disease Control Priorities in Developing Countries" (2nd edition), giving the essence of that report in a succinct and readable format
Health, International DevelopmentPosted: 2006-04-11
Private Hospitals, Australia, 2008-09
Australian Bureau of Statistics
This publication contains details about the facilities, activities, staffing and finances of all private hospitals obtained from an annual census of all licensed private hospitals in Australia
HealthPosted: 2010-06-02
Private Lives: A Report on the Health and Wellbeing of GLBTI Australians
Australian Research Centre on Health, Sex and Society
A 69-page Australian report of a survey documenting asspects of the health and wellbeing of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and intersex people in Australia
HealthPosted: 2006-04-25
Problem Gambling in New Zealand: Analysis of the 2002/03 New Zealand Health Survey
Ministry of Health - New Zealand
A 50-page report describing the extent of problem gambling in New Zealand, identifying key risk factors and investigating the association between problem gambling and various health correlations
HealthPosted: 2006-08-22
PROMs: Counting What Matters Most to Patients
King's Fund
A UK article on the prospective benefits of the introduction of patient-reported outcome measures in the UK's National Health Service
HealthPosted: 2009-02-14
Protecting Human Rights in Australia: A Long and Winding Road
Australian Review of Public Affairs
An article assessing the implications of there being no Bill of Rights in Australia
Human Rights, HealthPosted: 2010-06-02
Public and Private Hospitals
Productivity Commission - Australia
This 488-page report examines three aspects of the Australian health system, the relative performance of public and private hospitals; rates of informed financial consent for privately-insured patients; and the most appropriate indexation factor for the Medicare Levy Surcharge income thresholds
HealthPosted: 2009-12-10
Public and Private Hospitals
Productivity Commission - Australia
A 398-page Australian discussion draft on the performance of public and private hospitals
HealthPosted: 2009-10-14
Public Health and International Security: The Case of India
Center for Strategic and International Studies
The 25-page conference report of a CSIS task force examining the HIV/Aids epidemic in India
HealthPosted: 2006-08-06
Public Health and Regulation of the Built Environment
NSW Public Health Bulletin
A 3-page Australian article arguing that there is a strong justification for greater public health involvement in the ongoing regulation of the built environment and that a much broader range of health impacts needs to be considered in the conception of these regulatory measures
HealthPosted: 2009-02-13
Public Health in an Interdependent World: Cash Commodities, Capacities, and Conspiracies
WHO
An 11-page lecture discussing the advances of public health in the first decade of the 21st century. The lecture comments that although the decade produced many gains like spurring the development of new vaccines, it also revealed some problems such as issues due to rapid urbanization and unhealthy lifestyles
Health, Public Safety & Disaster MitigationPosted: 2010-03-25
Public Health Interventions to Promote Positive Mental Health and Prevent Mental Health Disorders Among Adults
NICE
This 136-page UK briefing identifies and reviews relevant reviews and papers on non-pharmacological interventions to promote positive mental health and prevent mental health disorders among adults
HealthPosted: 2007-02-26
Public Health Response to Urgent Case Reports
"Health Affairs"
An article describing a test of the ability of local public health agencies in the U.S. to meet a preparedness standard for responding to urgent case reports of communicable diseases arising naturally or as a result of bioterrorism
Public Safety & Disaster Mitigation, HealthPosted: 2005-08-31
Public Health Risk Assessment and Interventions - The Horn of Africa: Drought and Famine Crisis
WHO
This 29-page public health risk assessment for the The Horn of Africa: Drought and famine crisis is to provide health professionals in United Nations agencies, nongovernmental organizations, donor agencies and local authorities currently working with populations affected by this emergency, with up-to-date technical guidance on the major public health threats faced by the displaced population
Public Safety & Disaster Mitigation, HealthPosted: 2011-07-26
Public Policy and Private Health Insurance: Distributional Impact on Public and Private Hospitals Usage in New South Wales
NATSEM
This 20-page Australian paper estimates the effect of recent health reforms on the usage of public hospitals
HealthPosted: 2004-10-20
Public Policy and the Challenge of Chronic Noncommunicable Diseases
World Bank
A 218-page report warning that poor countries are catching up with richer nations in the incidence of noncommunicable diseases and chronic illnesses
HealthPosted: 2007-07-03
Public Solutions to Health Care Wait Lists
Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
A 38-page Canadian report proposing public sector solutions to waiting-list problems in the Canadian public health service
HealthPosted: 2006-01-03
Public versus Private? An Overview of the Debate on Private Health Insurance and Pressure on Public Hospitals
Parliamentary Library - Australia
A 4-page Australian research note discussing the market for hospital care and the available evidence on the relationship between private health insurance and public hospital waiting lists
HealthPosted: 2005-06-21
Purchase Commitments: Big Business Bias or Solution to the 'Neglected Diseases' Dilemma?
Australian Review of Public Affairs
An Australian article considering issues involved in underinvestment in medical research to cope with the diseases of developing countries
Health, International DevelopmentPosted: 2005-11-02
Putting Different Price Tags on the Same Health Condition: Re-evaluating the Well-Being Valuation Approach
IZA
In this 33-page discussion paper, monetary values for a number of health problems are compared across different well-being measures within the same UK data set
HealthPosted: 2011-03-02
Putting prevention first. Vascular Checks: Risk Assessment and Management
Department of Health
This 70-page UK document assesses the impact of new checks for vascular diseases such as heart disease, stroke, diabetes and kidney disease.
HealthPosted: 2008-11-18
Quality and Safety of Genetic Testing in Australia and New Zealand: A Review of the Current Regulatory Framework
Australia and New Zealand Health Policy
This 35-page (provisional) paper provides an overview of the regulation of quality assurance for genetic testing in Australia and New Zealand
HealthPosted: 2006-11-11
Quality Development in Health Care in the Netherlands
Commonwealth Fund
A 16-page issue brief reporting on recent health sector reforms in the Netherlands that have led to important quality improvements
HealthPosted: 2006-04-12
Quality Improvement: Implications for Public Health Preparedness
Rand Corporation
This US report describes how Quality Improvement (QI) techniques can be used to enhance public health emergency preparedness
Public Safety & Disaster Mitigation, HealthPosted: 2006-10-06
Quality Improvement: Implications for Public Health Preparedness
Rand Corporation
This 73-page US report describes work to develop a framework for applying quality improvement (QI) to public health and to investigate the applicability of those models to public health emergency preparedness
Health, Public Safety & Disaster MitigationPosted: 2006-06-07
Quality of Care for Coronary Heart Disease in Two Countries
"Health Affairs"
This 13-page US study compares coronary heart disease treatment in the US and England
HealthPosted: 2010-09-30
Racism: A Major Impediment to Optimal Indigenous Health and Health Care in Australia
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet
This 14-page Australian paper highlights the scope and ramifications of racism on health and health care of Indigenous Australians, and suggests approaches for minimising racism’s adverse health impacts
Health, Social PolicyPosted: 2011-07-29
Radical Surgery: The Only Cure for New South Wales Hospitals
CIS
A 26-page Australian paper proposing to move the NSW hospital system from a costly, initiative-stifling top-down command-and-control mode to independent, decentralised decision making.
Health, Governance & PoliticsPosted: 2009-02-05
Ready or Not? Protecting the Public's Health in the Age of Bioterrorism
Trust for America's Health
This 36-page U.S. report examines 10 key indicators to assess areas of improvement and areas of continuing vulnerability in U.S. preparations to protect citizens against bioterrorism and other large-scale health emergencies
Defence, Terrorism & Security, HealthPosted: 2004-04-10
Recommendations to Improve Quality and the Measurement of Quality in New Zealand Emergency Departments
Ministry of Health - New Zealand
This 66-page New Zealand document contains recommendations covering the manner by which quality of services in hospital emergency departments should be measured; standards and expectations to which district health boards should be held accountable; the means for coordinating national performance improvement; and effective service delivery
HealthPosted: 2009-02-15
Recycled Water and Human Health Effects
RACGP
A 3-page Australian article describing current research investigating the health impacts of using recycled water for urban non-drinking purposes
Health, Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2007-12-22
Reducing Alcohol and Other Drug Related Harm
AIHW
A 10-page Australian resource sheet summarising evidence on how high levels of alcohol and other drug use-related harm among Indigenous Australians are both a consequence of, and contribute to, the health and social gap between them and non-Indigenous Australians
Health, Indigenous AffairsPosted: 2011-02-04
Reducing Barriers to the Development of High Quality, Low Cost Medicines: A Proposal for Reforming the Drug Approval Process
International Policy Network
This 25-page paper argues that pharmaceutical drugs are expensive because of a lack of competition in the drug approval process
HealthPosted: 2005-03-31
Reducing Harm to Patients from Healthcare Associated Infection: The Role of Surveillance
Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care
This 386-page draft Australian report seeks to explore options for surveillance systems to monitor health care associated infection and provide timely feedback to jurisdictions, managers and clinicians
Health, Public Safety & Disaster MitigationPosted: 2009-02-03
Reducing Health Disparities Related to Diabetes
Public Health Agency of Canada
A 20-page Canadian report highlighting seven case studies that provide examples and lessons learned from innovative community-based projects designed to prevent and manage diabetes in certain high-risk populations
HealthPosted: 2011-09-14
Reducing Obesity: Policy Strategies from the Tobacco Wars
Urban Institute
The 73-page report of a US forum held to consider strategies for reducing obesity
HealthPosted: 2009-07-31
Refining National Asthma Indicators: Delphi Survey and Correlation Analysis
AIHW
This 42-page report is the result of a systematic review undertaken by the Australian Centre for Asthma Monitoring to refine and simplify asthma monitoring in Australia
HealthPosted: 2009-07-29
Reflections of a Social Scientist on Doing HIV Social Research
NCHSR
An Australian address on devising effective HIV prevention programmes
HealthPosted: 2007-08-21
Reflexive Practice: Ways of Using Complementary Medicine by People Living with HIV/AIDS
ARCSHS
A 4-page report of a small-scale survey of the use of complementary medicine by Australians living with HIV/AIDS
HealthPosted: 2007-05-10
Regulating Complementary Medical Practitioners
King's Fund
A 32-page UK study of the experience of 16 countries in regulating complementary medical practitioners
HealthPosted: 2008-03-22
Regulatory Axes on Food Advertising to Children on Television
"Australia and New Zealand Health Policy"
This 18-page Australian paper describes and evaluates some of the criteria on the basis of which food advertising to children on television could be regulated, including controls that revolve around the type of television programme, the type of product, the target audience and the time of day
Health, Families, Children & YouthPosted: 2009-02-03
Relationship Pressures on Australian Families: Some Implications for Psychologists
Australian Psychological Society
This Australian article seeks to explore some of the pressures on couples and families and sketches the implications for psychologists faced with addressing the growing prevalence of mental health problems and behavioural disorders
Health, Families, Children & YouthPosted: 2011-03-16
Relative Efficiency, Scale Effect and Scope Effect of Public Hospitals: Evidence from Australia
IZA
This 27-page discussion paper studies the effects of scale and scope on the efficiency of hospitals
HealthPosted: 2006-12-28
Religion and Child Health
IZA
This 34-page discussion paper examines the determinants of the health of children ages 6 to 19. The primary focus is on the effect of religion on the reported overall health and psychological health of the child
Families, Children & Youth, HealthPosted: 2010-10-11
Report Card on the WA State Health Service
SPHERE
A 31-page report examining the causes of the problems besetting the Western Australian state health service
HealthPosted: 2007-05-22
Report of the High Level Group on Clinical Effectiveness
Department of Health - UK
A 56-page UK report on the scope for improving clinical effectiveness in the NHS
HealthPosted: 2007-10-26
Report of the Independent Expert Working Group on the Prevention of Venous Thromboembolism in Hospitalised Patients
Department of Health - UK
A 76-page UK report on how current best practice and guidance on managing the prevention of thromboembolism in hospitalised patients can be promoted and implemented
HealthPosted: 2007-04-21
Report of the National Patient Choice Survey, England: September 2006
Department of Health - UK
This 25-page UK report provides the results of a national survey assessing the implementation of patient choices at primary care trust level
HealthPosted: 2007-02-26
Report on Cancer 2020
Provincial Cancer Prevention and Screening Council
A 52-page Canadian report on progress in cancer prevention, early detection and treatment in Ontario
HealthPosted: 2006-12-13
Report on Exercise Cruickshank
Ministry of Health - New Zealand
The 118-page report on a New Zealand influenza pandemic exercise
Public Safety & Disaster Mitigation, HealthPosted: 2007-11-13
Report on Maternity: Maternal and Newborn Information 2002
New Zealand Ministry of Health
A 128-page report on the outcomes, availability and utilization of maternity services for women who gave birth in New Zealand in 2002
Health, Families, Children & YouthPosted: 2004-08-09
Report on New Zealand Cost-of-Illness Studies on Long-Term Conditions
Ministry of Health - New Zealand
This 38-page report identifies and summarises economic impact reports on health and societal costs of long-term conditions in New Zealand
HealthPosted: 2009-08-06
Report on the Pilot Test of the Community-based Palliative Care Client Data Collection
AIHW
A 106-page Australian report on a pilot test conducted to evaluate the data required for national policy development in respect of palliative care
HealthPosted: 2007-11-01
Report to the Minister for Ageing on Residential Care and People with Psychogeriatric Disorders 2008
Department of Health and Ageing
This 43-page Australian report highlights the fact that the best care outcomes for people with psychogeriatric disorders are achieved where there is effective integration and cooperation across sectors. Collaborative networks across the primary health, mental health and aged care service sectors are critical.
Research and Evidence in Suicide Prevention
Dept. of Health and Ageing
An 88-page Australian report setting the context for suicide prevention activiity and summarizing recent research
HealthPosted: 2008-08-04
Research Evidence on the Effectiveness of Self Care Support
Department of Health - UK
This 129-page UK document provides evidence on the effectiveness of self care support
HealthPosted: 2007-11-26
Research Evidence on the Effectiveness of Self Care Support
Department of Health - UK
A 129-page UK-produced evidence base on the effectiveness of self care support
HealthPosted: 2007-11-23
Reshaping Medical Education and Training to Meet the Challenges of the 21st Century
Ministry of Health - New Zealand
This 29-page report contains recommendations for streamlining New Zealand medical education and clinical training
HealthPosted: 2007-05-12
Resident Physicians' Preparedness to Provide Cross-Cultural Care
Commonwealth Fund
This US paper examines the implications for clinical care and medical education policy of resident physicians' preparedness to provide cross-cultural care
HealthPosted: 2007-05-25
Residential Aged Care in Australia 2002-03: A Statistical Review
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
This 101-page report contains statistics on the Australian residential care population and capacity, the residents and their characteristics, admissions, separations and dependency
Residential Aged Care in Australia 2003-04
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
A 97-page Australian statistical overview of residential aged care services and their residents
Residential Aged Care in Australia 2004-05: A Statistical Overview
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
This 102-page report provides comprehensive data on residential aged care servivices in Australia and their residents
Responding to Health Skills Shortages
NCVER
A 42-page Australian report examining overseas approaches to skills shortages in the health sector
HealthPosted: 2007-11-26
Responding to Mental Health Crises in the Community
Victorian Auditor-General's Office
This 71-page Australian report reviews the coordination, preparation and effectiveness of police, ambulance and mental health triage and Crisis Assessment and Treatment (CAT) service responses to mental health
HealthPosted: 2009-11-13
Restorative Justice’s Impact on Participants’ Psychological and Physical Health 2009-03
Public Safety Canada
This 26-page Canadian study utilized a quasi-experimental, repeated-measures design to assess changes in psychological and physical health in 92 participants in a restorative justice process
Crime, Law & Order, HealthPosted: 2010-06-07
Rethinking Health Sector -wide Approaches Through the Lens of Aid Effectiveness
Development Policy Centre, Crawford School of Economics and Government
This 52-page Australian paper argues that the theory of change underlying SWAps is highly consistent with effective aid, while the practice is not
International Development, HealthPosted: 2012-02-24
Return on Investment: Mental Health Promotion and Mental Illness Prevention
Canadian Institute for Health Information
This 76-page Canadian monograph reviews the body of evidence associated with the return on investment (ROI)of mental health promotion and mental illness prevention
HealthPosted: 2011-10-19
Review and Evaluation of Australian Information about Primary Health Care: A Focus on General Practice
AIHW
This 168-page report presents the results of a critical evaluation of Australian data collections relating to general practice services. It describes the usefulness of these data collections for meeting priority information needs, and recommends strategies to address data gaps and limitations. The report also outlines methods currently being used to collect general practice data electronically, and establishes options for further investigation.
HealthPosted: 2008-12-10
Review of Efficiency Measurement Methodologies to Inform Hospital Resource Allocations in NSW
The Sax Institute
A 53-page Australian review conducted to identify efficiency modelling methodologies and data considerations relevant to Australia and of use to NSW Health and the Independent Hospital Pricing Authority in driving decisions about hospital resource allocation
HealthPosted: 2011-06-22
Review of the Evidence for Major Population-Level Tobacco Control Interventions
Ministry of Health - New Zealand
An 83-page New Zealand review identifying the most recent scientific evidence for the effectiveness of major population tobacco control interventions and to consider their findings
Drug Abuse, HealthPosted: 2007-05-12