Search Results - "Jorm, L."

Examining area-level variation in service organisation and delivery across the breadth of primary healthcare. Usefulness of measures constructed from routine data by Butler, D C, Jorm, L R, Larkins, S, Humphreys, J, Desborough, J, Korda, K J

“…Australia has a universal healthcare system, yet organisation and delivery of primary healthcare (PHC) services varies across local areas. Understanding the…”
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Performance of six birth‐weight and estimated‐fetal‐weight standards for predicting adverse perinatal outcome: a 10‐year nationwide population‐based study by Choi, S. K. Y., Gordon, A., Hilder, L., Henry, A., Hyett, J. A., Brew, B. K., Joseph, F., Jorm, L., Chambers, G. M.

“…ABSTRACT Objective To evaluate three birth‐weight (BW) standards (Australian population‐based, Fenton and INTERGROWTH‐21st) and three estimated‐fetal‐weight…”
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Prospective cohort study of body mass index and the risk of hospitalisation: findings from 246 361 participants in the 45 and Up Study by Korda, R J, Liu, B, Clements, M S, Bauman, A E, Jorm, L R, Bambrick, H J, Banks, E

“…Objective: To quantify the risk of hospital admission in relation to fine increments in body mass index (BMI). Design, setting and participants:…”
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Infant, maternal and demographic predictors of delayed vaccination: A population-based cohort study by Gidding, Heather F., Flack, Lloyd K., Sheridan, Sarah, Liu, Bette, Fathima, Parveen, Sheppeard, Vicky, Richmond, Peter, Hull, Brynley, Blyth, Christopher, Andrews, Ross M., Snelling, Thomas L., de Klerk, Nicholas, McIntyre, Peter B., Moore, Hannah C., Gidding, H., Moore, H., McIntyre, P., de Klerk, N., Liu, B., Blyth, C., Snelling, T., Edmond, K., Jorm, L., Effler, P., Richmond, P., Menzies, R., Andrews, R., Joseph, T., Sheppeard, V., Hull, B., Sheridan, S., Fathima, P.

“…Receiving vaccines at or close to their due date (vaccination timeliness) is a now key measure of program performance. However, studies comprehensively…”
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Using linked birth, notification, hospital and mortality data to examine false-positive meningococcal disease reporting and adjust disease incidence estimates for children in New South Wales, Australia by GIBSON, A., JORM, L., McINTYRE, P.

“…Meningococcal disease is a rare, rapidly progressing condition which may be difficult to diagnose, disproportionally affects children, and has high morbidity…”
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Performance of Six Birth-Weight and Estimated-Fetal-Weight Standards for Predicting Adverse Perinatal Outcome: A 10-Year Nationwide Population-Based Study by Choi, S. K. Y., Gordon, A., Hilder, L., Henry, A., Hyett, J. A., Brew, B. K., Joseph, F., Jorm, L., Chambers, G. M.

“…(Abstracted from Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2021;58:264–277) One of the risk factors for perinatal mortality and morbidity is abnormal fetal growth. The goal of…”
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Chronic pain in Australia: a prevalence study by Blyth, Fiona M., March, Lyn M., Brnabic, Alan J.M., Jorm, Louisa R., Williamson, Margaret, Cousins, Michael J.

“…This study reports chronic pain prevalence in a randomly selected sample of the adult Australian population. Data were collected by Computer-Assisted Telephone…”
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Change in smoking status during two consecutive pregnancies: a population‐based cohort study by Tran, DT, Roberts, CL, Jorm, LR, Seeho, S, Havard, A

“…Objective To investigate changes in tobacco smoking in two consecutive pregnancies and factors associated with the change. Design Population‐based cohort…”
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Estimating the burden of pertussis in young children on hospitals and emergency departments: a study using linked routinely collected data by McCALLUM, L. K., LIU, B., McINTYRE, P., JORM, L. R.

“…Potential underestimation of the health system burden of pertussis was investigated by linking administrative datasets including pertussis notifications,…”
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Watching the Games: public health surveillance for the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games by Jorm, L R, Thackway, S V, Churches, T R, Hills, M W

“…Study objective: To describe the development of the public health surveillance system for the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games; document its major findings; and…”
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Exploring disparities in acute myocardial infarction events between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Australians: Roles of age, gender, geography and area-level disadvantage by Randall, D.A., Jorm, L.R., Lujic, S., Eades, S.J., Churches, T.R., O’Loughlin, A.J., Leyland, A.H.

“…We investigated disparities in rates of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people in the 199 Statistical Local Areas…”
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Parity: A key measure of confounding in data-linkage studies of outcomes after medically assisted reproduction by Chambers, Georgina M, Venetis, Christos A, Jorm, Louisa R, Vajdic, Claire M

“…Parity is a potential confounder of the association between medically assisted reproduction (MAR) and health outcomes. This concept paper describes a…”
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P1-220 How do in-hospital and 30-day post discharge hospital mortality measures compare? An Australian perspective by Lujic, S, Jorm, L, Randall, D

“…IntroductionThe hospital standardised mortality ratio (HSMR) has been used internationally to help support improvements in hospital quality of care. Most…”
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O3-1.5 Using data linkage to explore use of GP services by smokers by Jorm, L, Shepherd, L, Blyth, F

“…IntroductionIt is understood how confounding of mediator-outcome associations resulting in collider biases may cause error when estimating direct and indirect…”
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Prospective cohort study of body mass index and the risk of hospitalisation: findings from 246361 participants in the 45 and Up Study by Korda, R J, Liu, B, Clements, M S, Bauman, A E, Jorm, L R, Bambrick, H J, Banks, E

“…To quantify the risk of hospital admission in relation to fine increments in body mass index (BMI). Population-based prospective cohort study of 246,361…”
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Identifying young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in linked administrative data: A comparison of methods by McNamara, B J, Jones, J, Shepherd, Ccj, Gubhaju, L, Joshy, G, McAullay, D, Preen, D B, Jorm, L, Eades, S J

“…In the ongoing debate on optimum methods for identification of Indigenous people within linked administrative data, few studies have examined the impacts of…”
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Probabilistic linkage of national immunisation and state-based health records for a cohort of 1.9 million births to evaluate Australia's childhood immunisation program by Gidding, H F, McCallum, L, Fathima, P, Snelling, T L, Liu, B, de Klerk, N, Blyth, C C, Sheppeard, V, Andrews, R M, Jorm, L, McIntyre, P B, Moore, H C

“…Several countries have developed national immunisation registers, but only the Nordic countries have linked their registers to other health data in order to…”
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P2-145 BMI and the risk of hospitalisation by Korda, R, Banks, E, Clements, M, Bauman, A, Liu, B, Bambrick, H, Jorm, L

“…IntroductionObesity and overweight have a range of health effects, yet little evidence is available on their effect on hospitalisation. This study quantifies…”
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P2-252 Short- and long-term mortality of aboriginal people after hospital admission for ischaemic heart disease: a data linkage study in New South Wales, Australia by Randall, D, Jorm, L, Leyland, A, Lujic, S, Churches, T, Haines, M, Eades, S, O'Loughlin, A

“…IntroductionThe health of Australian Aboriginal people is worse than that of non-Aboriginal people across every conceivable indicator. Ischaemic heart disease…”
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Physical activity and psychological distress in older men: Findings from the NSW 45 and Up Study by George, E, Jorm, L, Kolt, G, Bambrick, H, Lujic, S

“…The aims of this study were to: examine the association between levels of physical activity and psychological distress in older men; determine whether this…”
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