OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Australian Health Review is 2. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Table of Contents	37
Policy Reflections on digital health	19
Did the coronavirus vaccination program in a rural and regional area work? Health outcomes of the vaccination program in Wide Bay	17
It is time to stop blaming the pandemic	16
Making the move to a learning healthcare system: has the pandemic brought us one step closer?	16
Actual and projected gaps in the provision of residential aged care in New South Wales, Australia	15
Geospatial distribution of tertiary hospitals across Australian cities	15
A whole-of-community program of advance care planning for end-of-life care	15
Cognitive impairment in older hospital inpatients: prevalence, care needs and carer perceptions	15
Do Australian state and territory cancer plans include survivorship-related objectives and propose quality survivorship outcomes and measures?	13
Enhancing person-centred care and access to primary care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples	13
Table of Contents	12
Reforming allied health service provision in residential aged care to improve the rehabilitation reach: a feasibility study	12
COVID-19 revisited – is a national pandemic plan possible?	11
Outlier or handover: outcomes for General Medicine inpatients	11
Exploring interdisciplinary communication pathways for escalating pre-medical emergency team deterioration: a mixed-methods study	10
Federated health system governance in the post-COVID-19 era	10
Sociodemographic and clinical factors affecting advance care planning: results from a large community cohort in New South Wales, Australia	10
Birthing in regional Australia: women’s decision making surrounding birthplace	10
Development of a novel and more holistic approach for assessing impact in health and medical research: the Research Impact Assessment Framework	10
Effect of comorbidities on inpatient rehabilitation outcomes following non-traumatic lower limb amputations in Australia and New Zealand	10
Translational research in Australian mental health policy: a scoping review	9
Chronic diseases and their behavioural risk factors among South Asian immigrants in Australia	9
Corrigendum to: A survey of Australian public opinion on using comorbidity to triage intensive care patients in a pandemic	9
Paying for value: options for value-based payment reform in Australia	9

Overtime claiming among Australian doctors-in-training	9
Clinical documentation requirements for the accurate coding of hospital-acquired urinary tract infections in Australia	9
Exploring the unique value of clinician scientist roles to the health services in which they are employed: a scoping review	8
Feasibility of an allied health led, workplace delivered Long COVID service for hospital staff: a mixed-methods study	8
Higher fees and out-of-pocket costs in radiotherapy point to a need for funding reform	8
Taking a value based commissioning approach to non-clinical and clinical support services	8
Cross-sectional analysis of dental treatment under general anaesthesia in hospitalised Western Australian children in 2018–19	8
Workforce training needs to address social and emotional wellbeing in home-based Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander aged care	8
<i>Corrigendum to</i>: Out-of-pocket payments: impacts on healthcare decision-making and system and individual level measures to minimise the burden	8
What factors affect the recruitment and retention of allied health professionals working in hospitals? A systematic literature review	7
Lessons from the ‘legitimate’ misuse of Medicare Benefits Schedule Item 45503	7
Comparison of costs related to infant hospitalisations for spontaneous, induced and Caesarean births: population-based cohort study	7
Risk of hospital admission or emergency department presentation due to diabetes complications: a retrospective cohort study in Tasmania, Australia	7
Worsening psychological wellbeing of Australian hospital clinical staff during three waves of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic	7
<i>Corrigendum to</i>: Survey of paediatric telehealth benefits from the caregiver perspective	6
Changes in paediatric Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions in Victoria, 2018–20: the COVID-19 effect?	6
Health policy evaluation in rural and remote Australia: a qualitative exploration and lessons from the Northern Territory	6
Mapping service standards and guidelines to support accreditation processes – a case study of a collaborative effort worth replicating	6
Healthcare costs of investigations for stillbirth from a population-based study in Australia	6
Table of Contents	6
Consumer involvement in health service research: a cross-sectional survey of staff in an Australian public hospital and health service	6
Identifying opportunities to optimise the electronic medical record for allied health professionals: a concept mapping study	6
Is HealthPathways viewed as a useful and trustworthy source of information by health professionals?	6
The role of private hospitals in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic – focus on digital health	6
Table of Contents	5
A ‘True North Statement for Care’: charting the course to better care for all Australians	5
Corrigendum to: Variation in direct healthcare costs to the health system by residents living in long-term care facilities: a Registry of Senior Australians study	5
What does co-design mean for Australia’s diverse clinical workforce?	5
Table of Contents	5
Telehealth sustainability after COVID-19 – can you see me by video?	5
Table of Contents	4
Physiotherapy-led bronchoscopy in the ICU	4
Clinician perspectives on rapid transition to telehealth during COVID-19 in Australia – a qualitative study	4
Riding the waves: lessons learnt from Victoria’s COVID-19 pandemic response for maintaining effective allied health student education and clinical placements	4
Is cost a barrier to general practice for Australians with mental illness?	4
Australian health service organisation assessment outcome data for the first 2 years of implementing the Comprehensive Care Standard	4
Lived Experience Advisor Program initiative: harnessing consumer leadership for best care	4
Cost-effectiveness of the Victorian Stroke Telemedicine program	4
The role of Medicare policy in fertility treatment decisions: perceptions of Australians considering, undertaking or who have undertaken medically assisted reproduction treatment	4
Understanding consumer preference for vascular access safety and quality measurement: an international survey	4
Who needs, receives and misses out on palliative and end-of-life care? A population-based study to identify needs and gaps in a regional health service	4
Factors associated with Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee decisions for listing medicines for diabetes and its associated complications	4
Evaluating the research capacity and culture of an urban Mental Health and Wellbeing Program	4
Emergency clinician perceptions of patients who present frequently to the emergency department: a snapshot of current practice	4
From integrated care to value-based healthcare in New South Wales	4
Accurate calculations of out-of-pocket costs for mental healthcare consultations	3
Pattern of hospital admissions and costs associated with acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease in Australia, 2012–2017	3
Editorial	3
Incidence of adverse incidents in residential aged care	3
Trajectories of hospital service use in the last 12 months of life by people with chronic kidney disease: a retrospective cohort study	3

Racism complaints in the Australian health system: an overview of existing approaches and some recommendations	3
Adapting to change: exploring perceptions and demands of the coronavirus (COVID-19) workforce changes – an Australian multi-institutional radiation oncology survey	3
Projecting the future: modelling Australian dialysis prevalence 2021–30	3
Re-admission following discharge from a Geriatric Evaluation and Management Unit: identification of risk factors	3
Case study of a stepped-care psychological service for healthcare professionals working in critical care	3
Inappropriate antibiotic prescribing: understanding clinicians’ perceptions to enable changes in prescribing practices	3
Pandemic planning: data, information and evidence	3
Driving value-based healthcare through a new vision for Queensland’s health system	3
We have to set the bar higher: towards consumer leadership, beyond engagement or involvement	3
Virtual visiting in the intensive care unit: implementation, utilisation and provider acceptance in an Australian metropolitan health service	3
An analysis of legislation and policies that guide maternity leave decision making in Australian midwifery students	3
Perceived benefits of accessing a children’s sensory garden in a healthcare setting	3
The carbon footprint of total knee replacements	3
General practice experiences of Australia’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout: lessons for primary care reform	3
Strengths and risks of the Primary Health Network commissioning model	3
The Clinical Trials Assistance Pilot: reducing the financial burden of cancer clinical trials for patients in regional New South Wales	3
Cost and economic determinants of paediatric tonsillectomy	3
What is needed to mainstream artificial intelligence in health care?	3
An undignified disaster reality for Australians with disability	3
Client and staff perspectives regarding effective work injury rehabilitation	3
If not now, when? Implementation failure of a rights- and value-based policy agenda for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health	3
Health systems model for chronic disease secondary prevention in rural and remote areas – Chronic disease: Road to health	3
Making good on the promise of genomics in healthcare: the NSW Health perspective	3
Challenges for mental health planning in Australia	3
Patient and family complaints concerning nursing and midwifery care: applying a taxonomy to classify and analyse consumer complaints	3
Navigating the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme: federal versus state government funding for high-cost medicines – a problem for public hospitals	2
Paramedic to general practitioner referral pathways within Australian jurisdictional ambulance clinical practice guidelines: a document analysis	2
Australian sonographers – sound policy for progress?	2
Table of Contents and Advertisements	2
Creating a framework for change: transitioning to value-based healthcare in Queensland	2
Qualitative exploration of Australian Muslim patients’ perceptions and experiences surrounding medication management during Ramadan	2
Mandatory and statutory compliance screening for undergraduate nursing students in Australia: a review of compliance requirements	2
Hospitalisations and emergency department presentations by older individuals accessing long-term aged care in Australia	2
External validation of the Health Care Homes hospital admission risk stratification tool in the Aboriginal Australian population of the Northern Territory	2
Government-subsidised mental health services are underused in Australian residential aged care facilities	2
Scope of practice regulation in medicine: balancing patient safety, access to care and professional autonomy	2
Obligations of Australian health services as employers during COVID-19	2
Experiences of patients with chronic diseases of access to multidisciplinary care during COVID-19 in South Australia	2
Integrating virtual models of care through infrastructure innovation in healthcare facility design	2
Communication as a clinical skill: a challenge in the delivery of safe and effective patient care	2
Clinical concern and the deteriorating patient: a review of rapid response 2018–20	2
Evaluating the impact of junior doctors in quality improvement – a 10-year review	2
<i>Corrigendum to</i>: Is Australia’s lack of national clinical leadership hampering efforts with the oral health policy agenda?	2
Optimising emergency department and acute care for people experiencing mental health problems: a nominal group study	2
Examining the workplace rights of mental health consumer workers	2
Palliative care and COVID-19 in the Australian context: a review of patients with COVID-19 referred to palliative care	2
Government-supported clinical knowledge and information resource portals are key to ensuring quality, safe health care and evidence-based practice – the Australian context	2
Effect of a state hospital formulary on medicines utilisation in Australia	2
Table of Contents	2
The unfulfilled promises of electronic health records	2
Influence of nurses in the implementation of artificial intelligence in health care: a scoping review	2
Corrigendum to: Measuring clinician experience in value-based health care initiatives: a 10-item core clinician experience measure	2
Exploring equity of care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples within the state-wide Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy Screening Clinic and Multi-disciplinary Service in Queensland Health	2
The profile, clinical characteristics, and outcomes of alcohol- and non-alcohol-related patient presentations to Queensland emergency departments: a multi-site observational study	2
Potential therapeutic value of new drugs approved in Australia: a retrospective cohort study	2
Telehealth, care access and workforce – are the stars finally aligning?	2
State- and territory-based differences that impede the establishment of a harmonised national registry	2
The treatment gap for deep brain stimulation in Parkinson’s disease: a comparative analysis of cost and utilisation in high-income countries	2
Digital health to support primary care provision during a global pandemic	2
Comparison of patient responses to telehealth satisfaction surveys in rural and urban populations in Queensland	2
It’s time to end the cycle of panic and neglect – why we need a pandemic treaty and investment in vaccine research	2
Rheumatic heart disease 2025 – current status and future challenges	2
Hospital visiting hours – do they need to be revised?	2
Table of Contents	2
Perceptions of service quality in Victorian public dental clinics using Google patient reviews	2
Physicians’ legal duty to disclose more cost-effective treatment options: an examination of Australian civil law applied to personal importation	2
Table of Contents	2
The development and implementation of the Northern Health lung cancer digital care pathway: a case study in service change	2
The financial implications of investigating false-positive and true-positive mammograms in a national breast cancer screening program	2
Persistent opioid use after hospital discharge in Australia: a systematic review	2
Time to analgesia for musculoskeletal presentations in Tasmanian emergency departments: a case-controlled comparative observational study investigating the impact of advanced practice physiotherapists	2
Partnering with consumers and practising clinicians to establish research priorities for public hospital maternity services	2
Considering the new minimum staffing standards for Australian residential aged care	2
Costs of major complications in people with and without diabetes in Tasmania, Australia	2
Establishing a ‘Virtual’ model of emergency care in Melbourne’s southeast	2
Environmental, Social and Governance principles in Australian publicly funded healthcare: an extension of value-based care	2
Worsening general health and psychosocial wellbeing of Australian hospital allied health practitioners during the COVID-19 pandemic	2
A pilot model of care to achieve next-day discharge in patients undergoing hip and knee arthroplasty in an Australian public hospital setting	2
Regulating autologous stem cell interventions in Australia: updated review of the direct-to-consumer advertising restrictions	2